NAME
   Queue::Base - Simple OO style queue implementation.

VERSION
   version 2.203

SYNOPSIS
       use Queue::Base;

       # construction
       my $queue = new Queue::Base;
       # or
       my $queue = new Queue::Base(\@elements);

       # add a new element to the queue
       $queue->add($element);

       # remove the next element from the queue
       if (! $queue->empty) {
           my $element = $queue->remove;
       }

       # or
       $element = $queue->remove;
       if (defined $element) {
           # do some processing here
       }

       # add/remove more than just one element
       $queue->add($elem1, $elem2 ...)
       # and
       @elements = $queue->remove(5);

DESCRIPTION
   The Queue::Base is a simple implementation for queue structures using an
   OO interface. Provides basic functionality: nothing less - nothing more.

METHODS
 new [ELEMENTS]
   Creates a new empty queue.

   ELEMENTS is an array reference with elements the queue to be initialized
   with.

 add [LIST_OF_ELEMENTS]
   Adds the LIST OF ELEMENTS to the end of the queue.

 remove [NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS]
   In scalar context it returns the first element from the queue.

   In array context it attempts to return NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS requested;
   when NUMBER_OF_ELEMENTS is not given, it defaults to 1.

 remove_all
   Returns an array with all the elements in the queue, and clears the
   queue.

 size
   Returns the size of the queue.

 empty
   Returns whether the queue is empty, which means its size is 0.

 clear
   Removes all elements from the queue.

 copy_elem
   Returns a copy (shallow) of the underlying array with the queue
   elements.

 peek
   Returns the value of the first element of the queue, wihtout removing
   it.

CAVEATS
   The module works only with scalar values. If you want to use more
   complex structures (and there's a big change you want that) please use
   references, which in perl5 are basically scalars.

SUPPORT
 Perldoc
   You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

     perldoc Queue::Base

 Websites
   The following websites have more information about this module, and may
   be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use
   your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

   *   Search CPAN

       The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

       <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Queue-Base>

   *   AnnoCPAN

       The AnnoCPAN is a website that allows community annonations of Perl
       module documentation.

       <http://annocpan.org/dist/Queue-Base>

   *   CPAN Ratings

       The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and
       reviews of Perl modules.

       <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Queue-Base>

   *   CPAN Forum

       The CPAN Forum is a web forum for discussing Perl modules.

       <http://cpanforum.com/dist/Queue-Base>

   *   CPANTS

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       of a distribution.

       <http://cpants.perl.org/dist/overview/Queue-Base>

   *   CPAN Testers

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       uploaded CPAN distributions.

       <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/Q/Queue-Base>

   *   CPAN Testers Matrix

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       <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Queue-Base>

 Email
   You can email the author of this module at "RUSSOZ at cpan.org" asking
   for help with any problems you have.

 Internet Relay Chat
   You can get live help by using IRC ( Internet Relay Chat ). If you don't
   know what IRC is, please read this excellent guide:
   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat>. Please be courteous
   and patient when talking to us, as we might be busy or sleeping! You can
   join those networks/channels and get help:

   *   irc.perl.org

       You can connect to the server at 'irc.perl.org' and join this
       channel: #sao-paulo.pm then talk to this person for help: russoz.

 Bugs / Feature Requests
   Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-queue-base
   at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Queue-Base>. You will be
   automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.

 Source Code
   The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please
   feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to
   contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your
   repository :)

   <https://github.com/russoz/Queue-Base>

     git clone https://github.com/russoz/Queue-Base

AUTHOR
   Alexei Znamensky <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
   This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Farkas Arpad, Alexei Znamensky.

   This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
   the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
   No bugs have been reported.

   Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org>.

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