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package DataStructures.Queues;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**

* This class implements a GenericArrayListQueue.

* <p>A GenericArrayListQueue data structure functions the same as any specific-typed queue. The

* GenericArrayListQueue holds elemets of types to-be-specified at runtime. The elements that are

* added first are the first to be removed (FIFO) New elements are added to the back/rear of the

* queue.

public class GenericArrayListQueue<T> {

/** The generic ArrayList for the queue T is the generic element */

ArrayList<T> _queue = new ArrayList<T>();

/**

* Checks if the queue has elements (not empty)

* @return True if the queue has elements. False otherwise.

private boolean hasElements() {

return !_queue.isEmpty();

}

/**

* Checks what's at the front of the queue

* @return If queue is not empty, element at the front of the queue. Otherwise, null

public T peek() {

T result = null;

if (this.hasElements()) {

result = _queue.get(0);

}

return result;

}

/**

* Inserts an element of type T to the queue.

* @param element of type T to be added

* @return True if the element was added successfully

public boolean add(T element) {

return _queue.add(element);

}

/**

* Retrieve what's at the front of the queue

* @return If queue is not empty, element retrieved. Otherwise, null

public T poll() {

T result = null;

if (this.hasElements()) {

result = _queue.remove(0);

}

return result;

}

/**

* Main method

* @param args Command line arguments

public static void main(String[] args) {

GenericArrayListQueue<Integer> queue = new GenericArrayListQueue<Integer>();

System.out.println("Running...");

assert queue.peek() == null;

assert queue.poll() == null;

assert queue.add(1) == true;

assert queue.peek() == 1;

assert queue.add(2) == true;

assert queue.peek() == 1;

assert queue.poll() == 1;

assert queue.peek() == 2;

assert queue.poll() == 2;

assert queue.peek() == null;

assert queue.poll() == null;

System.out.println("Finished.");

}

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