20-queue-and-stack/queue.h
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/*----------------------------------------------------------
* HTBLA-Leonding / Class: <your class>
* ---------------------------------------------------------
* Exercise Number: S03
* Title: Queue Inteface
* Author: */<your name>;/*
* ----------------------------------------------------------
* Description:
* The declaration of a queue abstract data type.
* ----------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include <stdbool.h>
/** The type of the integer queue: IntQueue. */
/**
* Obtains ('creates') and provides a 'new' queue instance.
* Any queue obtained via this function MUST be released using
* function `release_queue()`.
*
* Note: This function does not make any assumptions
* about how queue components, esp. nodes, are allocated.
*
* @return IntQueue The queue instance or 0, if no queue could by instantiated.
*/
<type> queue_obtain();
/**
* Releases a queue that was obtained earlier via function `obtain_queue`.
* Released queues MUST NOT be used anymore.
*
* Note: The implementation of this function does not make any assumptions
* about the allocation method of queue elements, but MUST match the implementation
* of function `obtain_queue` as its inverse function.
*
* @param p_queue The pointer to the queue to release. The value of the pointer
* is set to 0, if the queue was successfully released, otherwise it is left untouched.
*/
<type> queue_release(<params>);
/**
* Determines whether or not the given queue is valid.
*
* @param queue The queue to evaluate.
* @return `True` if the queue is valid, false otherwise.
*/
<type> queue_is_valid(<params>);
/**
* Determines whether or not the queue contains at least one item.
*
* @param queue The queue to evaluate.
* @return `False` if the queue contains one or more items, `true` otherwise.
*/
<type> queue_is_empty(<params>);
/**
* Provides the number of values stored in the queue.
*
* @param queue The queue to evaluate.
* @return The number of values the queue contains.
*/
<type> queue_get_size(I<params>);
/**
* Clears the given queue by removing all values from the queue.
*
* @param queue The queue to clear.
*/
<type> queue_clear(<params>);
/**
* Inserts the given value to the queue (as new tail).
*
* @param queue The queue to which the value shall be appended.
* @param value The value to append to the queue.
*/
<type> queue_enqueue(<params>);
/**
* Provides the value that 'dequeue' would provided but WITHOUT removing
* this value from the queue.
*
* @param queue The queue from which the value shall be peeked.
* @return The next value or 0, if the queue is empty.
*/
<type> queue_peek(<params>);
/**
* Provides AND removes the next value from the queue.
*
* @param queue The queue from which the value shall be removed and returned.
* @return The value or 0, if the queue is empty.
*/
<type> queue_dequeue(<params>);