OutputQueue (FreeTTS 1.2)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.speech.freetts.OutputQueue

```
public class OutputQueue
extends java.lang.Object
```
Manages a process queue for utterances. Utterances that are queued to a processor can be written via the post method. A processing thread can wait for an utterance to arrive via the pend method.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

OutputQueue()
Creates a queue with the default size.

OutputQueue(int size)
Creates an OutputQueue with the given size.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes the queue.
`boolean`	`isClosed()`	Determines if the queue is closed.
`Utterance`	`pend()`	Blocks until there is an utterance in the queue.
`void`	`post(Utterance utterance)`	Posts the given utterance to the queue.
`void`	`removeAll()`	Removes all items from this OutputQueue.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - OutputQueue
```
public OutputQueue(int size)
```
    Creates an OutputQueue with the given size.
    
    Parameters:
    
    size - the size of the queue
  - OutputQueue
```
public OutputQueue()
```
    Creates a queue with the default size.
- Method Detail
  - post
```
public void post(Utterance utterance)
```
    Posts the given utterance to the queue. This call will block if the queue is full.
    
    Parameters:
    
    utterance - the utterance to post
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the queue is closed
  - close
```
public void close()
```
    Closes the queue.
  - isClosed
```
public boolean isClosed()
```
    Determines if the queue is closed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true the queue is closed; otherwise false
  - pend
```
public Utterance pend()
```
    Blocks until there is an utterance in the queue.
    
    Returns:
    
    the next utterance. On a close or interrupt, a null is returned.
  - removeAll
```
public void removeAll()
```
    Removes all items from this OutputQueue.