simplest-queue - The simplest event-driven queue ever, limited in size and tries to stay simple

A simple FIFO that emits an event when it's full or empty or when an element has been added to an empty queue. the size maximum of the queue is optional if it is not provided the queue is not bounded.

Installation (by npm)

npm install simplest-queue
npm test

Example

    var SimplestQueue = require('./index.js');
    var q = new SimplestQueue(5);
    var empty = true;
    var full = false;
    var i = 0;
    q.on('empty', function() {
        empty = true;
    });
    q.on('non-empty', function() {
        empty = false;
    });
    q.on('full', function() {
        full = true;
    });
    q.on('non-full', function() {
        full = false;
    });

    var interv = setInterval(function() {
        if (!full) {
            console.log("in" + i);
            q.add(i);
        }
        i++;
    }, 100);
    var interv2 = setInterval(function() {
        if (!empty) {
            console.log("out" + q.remove());
        }
    }, 500);
    setTimeout(function() {
        clearInterval(interv);
        clearInterval(interv2);
    }, 5000);

Will output:

    in0
    in1
    in2
    in3
    out0
    in4
    in5
    out1
    in9
    out2
    in14
    out3
    in19
    out4
    in24
    out5
    in29
    out9
    in34
    out14
    in39
    out19
    in44
    out24

API

Methods:

new SimplestQueue(max) Creates a new empty queue (if the max parameter is not specified the queue is unbounded and the full event will never be emitted).

add(e) Add the element e to the queue if the queue is full returns false otherwise we returns true. can emit either full or non-full.

remove() Removes an element from the queue if the queue is empty returns false. can emit either empty or non-full.

Events:

full emitted once when an element that will make the queue full is added (won't be reemited when we fail to add elements to an already full queue).

non-full emitted once when an element from a full queue is removed (won't be reemited when we retrieve more elements).

empty emitted once when the last element of the queue is removed (won't be reemited when we fail to retrieve elements from an empty queue).

non-empty emitted once when an element is added to an empty queue (won't be reemited when we add elements to a non empty queue).

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2013 Charly Molter

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