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Create your own queue based on deque

 
 

/* The following code example is taken from the book
 * "The C++ Standard Library - A Tutorial and Reference"
 * by Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 1999
 *
 * (C) Copyright Nicolai M. Josuttis 1999.
 * Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
 * is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
 * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
 * warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
 */
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

#include <deque>
#include <exception>

template <class T>
class Queue {
  protected:
    std::deque<T> c;        // container for the elements

  public:
    /* exception class for pop() and top() with empty queue
     */
    class ReadEmptyQueue : public std::exception {
      public:
        virtual const char* what() const throw() {
            return "read empty queue";
        }
    };
  
    // number of elements
    typename std::deque<T>::size_type size() const {
        return c.size();
    }

    // is queue empty?
    bool empty() const {
        return c.empty();
    }

    // insert element into the queue
    void push (const T& elem) {
        c.push_back(elem);
    }

    // read element from the queue and return its value
    T pop () {
        if (c.empty()) {
            throw ReadEmptyQueue();
        }
        T elem(c.front());
        c.pop_front();
        return elem;
    }

    // return value of next element
    T& front () {
        if (c.empty()) {
            throw ReadEmptyQueue();
        }
        return c.front();
    }
};


int main()
{
   try {    
      Queue<string> q;

      // insert three elements into the queue
      q.push("These ");
      q.push("are ");
      q.push("more than ");

      // read and print two elements from the queue
      cout << q.pop();
      cout << q.pop();

      // push two new elements
      q.push("four ");
      q.push("words!");

      // skip one element
      q.pop();

      // read and print two elements from the queue
      cout << q.pop();
      cout << q.pop() << endl;

      // print number of remaining elements
      cout << "number of elements in the queue: " << q.size()
           << endl;

      // read and print one element
      cout << q.pop() << endl;
   }
   catch (const exception& e) {
      cerr << "EXCEPTION: " << e.what() << endl;
   }
}

/* 
These are four words!
number of elements in the queue: 0
EXCEPTION: read empty queue

 */        
  








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