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PriorityQueue
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implements Countable, IteratorAggregate, Serializable

Re-usable, serializable priority queue implementation

SplPriorityQueue acts as a heap; on iteration, each item is removed from the queue. If you wish to re-use such a queue, you need to clone it first. This makes for some interesting issues if you wish to delete items from the queue, or, as already stated, iterate over it multiple times.

This class aggregates items for the queue itself, but also composes an "inner" iterator in the form of an SplPriorityQueue object for performing the actual iteration.

Interfaces, Classes, Traits and Enums

Countable
IteratorAggregate
Serializable

Table of Contents

EXTR_BOTH  = 0x3
EXTR_DATA  = 0x1
EXTR_PRIORITY  = 0x2
$items  : array<string|int, mixed>
Actual items aggregated in the priority queue. Each item is an array with keys "data" and "priority".
$queue  : SplPriorityQueue
Inner queue object
$queueClass  : string
Inner queue class to use for iteration
__clone()  : void
Add support for deep cloning
contains()  : bool
Does the queue contain the given datum?
count()  : int
How many items are in the queue?
extract()  : mixed
Extract a node from the inner queue and sift up
getIterator()  : SplPriorityQueue
Retrieve the inner iterator
hasPriority()  : bool
Does the queue have an item with the given priority?
insert()  : PriorityQueue
Insert an item into the queue
isEmpty()  : bool
Is the queue empty?
remove()  : bool
Remove an item from the queue
serialize()  : string
Serialize the data structure
setInternalQueueClass()  : PriorityQueue
Specify the internal queue class
toArray()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Serialize to an array
top()  : mixed
Peek at the top node in the queue, based on priority.
unserialize()  : void
Unserialize a string into a PriorityQueue object
getQueue()  : SplPriorityQueue
Get the inner priority queue instance

Constants

Properties

$items

Actual items aggregated in the priority queue. Each item is an array with keys "data" and "priority".

protected array<string|int, mixed> $items = []

$queueClass

Inner queue class to use for iteration

protected string $queueClass = 'Zend\\Stdlib\\SplPriorityQueue'

Methods

__clone()

Add support for deep cloning

public __clone() : void
Return values
void

contains()

Does the queue contain the given datum?

public contains(mixed $datum) : bool
Parameters
$datum : mixed
Return values
bool

count()

How many items are in the queue?

public count() : int
Return values
int

extract()

Extract a node from the inner queue and sift up

public extract() : mixed
Return values
mixed

getIterator()

Retrieve the inner iterator

public getIterator() : SplPriorityQueue

SplPriorityQueue acts as a heap, which typically implies that as items are iterated, they are also removed. This does not work for situations where the queue may be iterated multiple times. As such, this class aggregates the values, and also injects an SplPriorityQueue. This method retrieves the inner queue object, and clones it for purposes of iteration.

Return values
SplPriorityQueue

hasPriority()

Does the queue have an item with the given priority?

public hasPriority(int $priority) : bool
Parameters
$priority : int
Return values
bool

insert()

Insert an item into the queue

public insert(mixed $data[, int $priority = 1 ]) : PriorityQueue

Priority defaults to 1 (low priority) if none provided.

Parameters
$data : mixed
$priority : int = 1
Return values
PriorityQueue

isEmpty()

Is the queue empty?

public isEmpty() : bool
Return values
bool

remove()

Remove an item from the queue

public remove(mixed $datum) : bool

This is different than ; its purpose is to dequeue an item.

This operation is potentially expensive, as it requires re-initialization and re-population of the inner queue.

Note: this removes the first item matching the provided item found. If the same item has been added multiple times, it will not remove other instances.

Parameters
$datum : mixed
Return values
bool

False if the item was not found, true otherwise.

serialize()

Serialize the data structure

public serialize() : string
Return values
string

setInternalQueueClass()

Specify the internal queue class

public setInternalQueueClass(string $class) : PriorityQueue

Please see for details on the necessity of an internal queue class. The class provided should extend SplPriorityQueue.

Parameters
$class : string
Return values
PriorityQueue

toArray()

Serialize to an array

public toArray([int $flag = self::EXTR_DATA ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

By default, returns only the item data, and in the order registered (not sorted). You may provide one of the EXTR_* flags as an argument, allowing the ability to return priorities or both data and priority.

Parameters
$flag : int = self::EXTR_DATA
Return values
array<string|int, mixed>

top()

Peek at the top node in the queue, based on priority.

public top() : mixed
Return values
mixed

unserialize()

Unserialize a string into a PriorityQueue object

public unserialize(string $data) : void

Serialization format is compatible with

Parameters
$data : string
Return values
void

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