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package horstmann.ch02_mail;
import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
   A first-in, first-out collection of messages. This
   implementation is not very efficient. We will consider
   a more efficient implementation in chapter 3.
 */
public class MessageQueue
{
  /**
      Constructs an empty message queue.
   */
  public MessageQueue()
  {
    queue = new ArrayList<Message>();
  }

  /**
      Remove message at head.
      @return message that has been removed from the queue
   */
  public Message remove()
  {
    return queue.remove(0);
  }

  /**
      Append message at tail.
      @param newMessage the message to be appended
   */
  public void add(Message newMessage)
  {
    queue.add(newMessage);
  }

  /**
      Get the total number of messages in the queue.
      @return the total number of messages in the queue
   */
  public int size()
  {
    return queue.size();
  }

  /**
      Get message at head.
      @return message that is at the head of the queue, or null
      if the queue is empty
   */
  public Message peek()
  {
    if (queue.size() == 0) return null;
    else return queue.get(0);
  }

  private ArrayList<Message> queue;
}