ArrayBlockingQueue is bounded, blocking queue that stores the elements internally backed by an array.
- ArrayBlockingQueue class is a member of the Java Collections Framework.
- Bounded means it will have a fixed size, you can not store number the elements more than the capacity of the queue.
- The queue also follows FIFO (first-in-first-out) rule for storing and removing elements from the queue.
- If you try to put an element into a full queue or to take an element from an empty queue then the queue will block you.
The remove(Object o) method removes a single instance of the specified element from this queue, if it is present.
We can say that method removes an element e such that o.equals(e) if this queue contains one or more such elements. Remove() method returns true if this queue contained the specified element which we want to remove.
Syntax:
public boolean remove(Object o)
Parameter:
o – element to be removed from this queue, if present.
Returns:
returns true if this queue contained the specified element which we want to remove.
Below program illustrate remove(Object o) method of ArrayBlockingQueue.
Example 1
// Java Program Demonstrate remove(Object o)// method of ArrayBlockingQueue.import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;  public class GFG {      public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException    {        // define capacity of ArrayBlockingQueue        int capacity = 5;          // create object of ArrayBlockingQueue        ArrayBlockingQueue<Integer> queue            = new ArrayBlockingQueue<Integer>(capacity);          // Add elements to ArrayBlockingQueue using put method        queue.put(223);        queue.put(546);        queue.put(986);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);          // remove 223        boolean response = queue.remove(223);        // print Queue        System.out.println("Removal of 223 :" + response);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);          // remove 546        response = queue.remove(546);        // print Queue        System.out.println("Removal of 546 :" + response);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);          // remove 734 which is not present        response = queue.remove(734);        // print Queue        System.out.println("Removal of 734 :" + response);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);    }} |
Output : queue contains [223, 546, 986] Removal of 223 :true queue contains [546, 986] Removal of 546 :true queue contains [986] Removal of 734 :false queue contains [986]
Example 2
// Java Program Demonstrate remove(Object o)// method of ArrayBlockingQueue.  import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;  public class GFG {      public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException    {        // define capacity of ArrayBlockingQueue        int capacity = 5;          // create object of ArrayBlockingQueue        ArrayBlockingQueue<String> queue            = new ArrayBlockingQueue<String>(capacity);          // Add elements to ArrayBlockingQueue using put method        queue.put("StarWars");        queue.put("SuperMan");        queue.put("Flash");        queue.put("BatMan");        queue.put("Avengers");          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);          // remove StarWars        boolean response = queue.remove("StarWars");        // print Queue        System.out.println("Removal of StarWars :" + response);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);          // remove Hulk        response = queue.remove("Hulk");        // print Queue        System.out.println("Removal of Hulk :" + response);          // print Queue        System.out.println("queue contains " + queue);    }} |
Output : queue contains [StarWars, SuperMan, Flash, BatMan, Avengers] Removal of StarWars :true queue contains [SuperMan, Flash, BatMan, Avengers] Removal of Hulk :false queue contains [SuperMan, Flash, BatMan, Avengers]
