I am working on a class assignment and I don't quite understand how to use comparator in the way the assignment is asking.
The assignment reads:
"Complete the Priority Queue class
- Your Priority Queue must use an anonymous function to decide priority
- It must take the Function interface as a parameter to the constructor
- You should still have the default constructor – and if no function is provide use the compareTo function of the class"
This is the class that I am working on...
public class PriorityQueue <Item extends Comparable<Item>> {
public PriorityQueue()
{
}
public PriorityQueue(Comparator<Item> compare )
{
}
private int size = 0;
private Node<Item> head = null;
private Comparator<Item> compare ;
private static class Node<Item>
{
private Item data;
private Node<Item> next;
public Node(Item data, Node<Item> next)
{
this.data = data;
this.next = next;
}
public Node(Item data)
{
this.data = data;
this.next = null;
}
public Node()
{
this.data = null;
this.next = null;
}
}
@Override
public int size() {
return size;
}
@Override
public Item dequeue() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
@Override
public void enqueue(Item item) {
Node<Item> curr = head;
Node<Item> prev = curr;
if (isEmpty())
{
head = new Node<Item>(item,null);
}
else
{
while (curr != null)
{
prev = curr;
curr = curr.next;
}
prev.next = new Node<Item>(item, curr);
}
size++;
}
@Override
public boolean isEmpty() {
return size == 0;
}
@Override
public void printQueue() {
Node<Item> curr = head;
while (curr != null)
{
System.out.println(curr.data);
curr = curr.next;
}
}
}
This is the process class that the queue will contain...
public class Process implements Comparable<Process> {
private ProcessPriorty priority;
private String name;
public Process(ProcessPriorty priority, String name) {
super();
this.priority = priority;
this.name = name;
}
public void setPriority(ProcessPriorty priority) {
this.priority = priority;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return name + "... Priority = " + priority + ".";
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public ProcessPriorty getPriority() {
return priority;
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Process other) {
if(other == null)
{
return 1;
}
return this.priority.compareTo(other.priority) ;
}
}
I understand the concept of a queue and have even coded the enqueue method to work as a simple queue that inserts the items as they come in. The problem I am coming across is comparing the nodes within that method to sort the list by priority at insertion. Which I believe relates back to those three directions of the assignment. So, what am I suppose to do with the constructors, the Comparator variable, and how do I make it default to compareTo?
