The
remove(Object obj) method of
BlockingQueue removes only one instance of the given Object, passed as parameter, from this BlockingQueue if it is present. It removes an element e such that obj.equals(e) and if this queue contains one or more instance of element e. This method returns true if this queue contained the element which is now removed from BlockingQueue.
Syntax:
public boolean remove(Object o)
Parameter: This method accepts a mandatory parameter
obj which is the element to be removed from BlockingQueue.
Return Value: This method returns
true if this queue contained the element which is now removed from BlockingQueue. If the BlockingQueue did not contain the element
obj, then this method returns
false.
Note: The
remove() method of
BlockingQueue has been inherited from the
Queue class in Java.
Below programs illustrates remove(Object obj) method of BlockingQueue class:
Program 1:
Output:
Items in Queue are [Karan, Suraj, Harsh, Rahul]
String name Karan is removed :true
String name Sunny is removed :false
String name Harsh is removed :false
After Removing Some Elements:
Items in Queue are [Suraj, Rahul]
Program 1:
Output:
Before removing Elements
Employee [name=Ranjeet, position=Tester, salary=29000, Age=27]
Employee [name=Sanjeet, position=Manager, salary=98000, Age=34]
Employee [name=Karan, position=Analyst, salary=44000, Age=30]
After removing Some Elements
Employee [name=Karan, position=Analyst, salary=44000, Age=30]
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/BlockingQueue.html#remove(java.lang.Object)
