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What queues do you know for working with multithreading?

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In Java, various implementations of the Queue interface from the java.util.concurrent package are often used for multithreading. Here are the main ones:

  • ConcurrentLinkedQueue — a non-blocking linked list-based queue suitable for high-performance scenarios with many threads.

  • LinkedBlockingQueue — a blocking queue with an optional size limit, supporting put/take operations with waiting.

  • ArrayBlockingQueue — a blocking queue with a fixed size based on an array, providing FIFO order.

  • PriorityBlockingQueue — a blocking queue with element priority.

  • SynchronousQueue — a queue without an internal buffer, where each put blocks until another thread performs a take.

The choice depends on requirements for locking, performance, and queue semantics. For example, for size-limited tasks with thread blocking, it is better to use LinkedBlockingQueue or ArrayBlockingQueue.