Question 7 [8]
Consider the following class and answer the questions below
it:
public class StackWithGuard extends Stack {
public StackWithGuard(int size) {
super(size);
}
synchronized public boolean isEmpty() {
return super.isEmpty();
}
synchronized public boolean isFull() {
return super.isFull();
}
synchronized public int getSize() {
return super.getSize();
}
synchronized public void push(Object obj) {
try {
while (isFull()) {
wait();
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
super.push(obj);
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notify();
}
synchronized public Object pop() {
try {
while (isEmpty()) {
wait();
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {}
Object result = super.pop();
notify();
return result;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
StackWithGuard stack = new StackWithGuard(5);
new Producer(stack, 15).start();
new Consumer(stack, 15).start();
}
}
Note: The Stack class is provided in the Appendix.
Note also: The following questions all refer to the pop()
method of the StackWithGuard
class given above.
7.1 What does the synchronized keyword ensure for this
method? (2)
7.2 Why is a while loop used to test whether the stack is
empty? In other words, why
wouldn't the following if statement be sufficient?
if (isEmpty()) {
wait();
}
(2)
7.3 Why is the result of popping (provided by the inherited
pop() method) stored in a
temporary variable? In other words, why wouldn't the
following statement be
sufficient?
return super.pop();
(2)
7.4 Why is the while loop placed in a try-catch structure?
(2)
Appendix
The LinkedQueue class:
public class LinkedQueue implements Queue {
private Node first, last;
private int count;
public LinkedQueue() {
first = last = null;
count =0;
}
public int size() {
return count;
}
public boolean isEmpty() {
return (count == 0);
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}
public void enqueue(Object o) {
Node node = new Node();
node.element = o;
node.next = null;
node.prev = last;
if (last != null){
last.next = node;
}
else {
last = first = node;
}
last = node;
count++;
}
public void dequeue() {
if ((first!= null) & (first.next!=null)) {
first = first.next;
first.prev = null;
count--;
}
else {
first = last = null;
count--;
}
}
public Object front() {
return first;
}
}
class Node {
Object element;
Node next, prev;
}
The Stack class:
public class Stack {
protected Object rep[];
protected int top = -1;
protected int size = 0;
protected int count = 0;
public Stack(int size) {
if (size > 0) {
this.size = size;
rep = new Object[size];
}
}
public boolean isFull() {
return (count == size);
}
public boolean isEmpty() {
return (count == 0);
}
public int getSize() {
return size;
}
public void push(Object e) {
if (e != null && !isFull()) {
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top++;
rep[top] = e;
count ++;
}
}
public Object pop() {
Object result = null;
if (!isEmpty()) {
result = rep[top];
top--;
count--;
}
return result;
}
}
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