Queue
Queue Overview
Hazelcast distributed queue is an implementation of java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue. Being distributed, it enables all cluster members to interact with it. Using Hazelcast distributed queue, you can add an item in one machine and remove it from another one.
import com.hazelcast.core.Hazelcast;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
HazelcastInstance hazelcastInstance = Hazelcast.newHazelcastInstance();
BlockingQueue<MyTask> queue = hazelcastInstance.getQueue( "tasks" );
queue.put( new MyTask() );
MyTask task = queue.take();
boolean offered = queue.offer( new MyTask(), 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS );
task = queue.poll( 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS );
if ( task != null ) {
//process task
}
FIFO ordering will apply to all queue operations across the cluster. User objects (such as MyTask in the example above) that are enqueued or dequeued have to be Serializable.
Hazelcast distributed queue performs no batching while iterating over the queue. All items will be copied locally and iteration will occur locally.