class PriorityQueue { private class Node { private Base object; private int rank; private Node left; private Node right; private Node(Base object, int rank) { this.object = object; this.rank = rank; left = null; right = null; } } private Node root; // Root node of the BST. public PriorityQueue() { root = new Node(null, -1); // root is the lone King of Kings } public boolean isEmpty() { return root.right == root.left; } public Base dequeue() { if (isEmpty()) throw new IllegalStateException(); Node top = root; Node bottom = root.right; while (bottom.left != null) { top = bottom; bottom = bottom.left; } if (top.object == null) // Special case for top being the head node top.right = bottom.right; else top.left = bottom.right; return bottom.object; } public void enqueue(Base object, int rank) { if (rank < 0) // No extra negative ranks allowed throw new IllegalArgumentException(); boolean lessOrEqual = false; Node top = root; Node bottom = root.right; while (bottom != null) { top = bottom; if (rank <= bottom.rank) { bottom = bottom.left; lessOrEqual = true; } else { bottom = bottom.right; lessOrEqual = false; } } if (lessOrEqual) top.left = new Node(object, rank); else top.right = new Node(object, rank); } } // SNOBBERY. How the aristocracy behaves in a queue. 20 points. class Snobbery { // MAIN. Queue them up. public static void main(String[] args) { PriorityQueue queue = new PriorityQueue(); System.out.println(queue.isEmpty()); // true 2 points try { System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); } catch (IllegalStateException ignore) { System.out.println("Blimey!"); // Blimey! 2 points } queue.enqueue("Lancelot", 5); queue.enqueue("Fawlty", 7); queue.enqueue("Elizabeth", 0); queue.enqueue("Charles", 1); queue.enqueue("Turing", 7); try { queue.enqueue("Zeus", -100); } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignore) { System.out.println("No gods!"); // No gods! 2 points } System.out.println(queue.isEmpty()); // false 2 points System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); // Elizabeth 2 points System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); // Charles 2 points System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); // Lancelot 2 points System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); // Turing 2 points System.out.println(queue.dequeue()); // Fawlty 2 points // It's OK if Fawlty comes out before Turing, but both must come out last. System.out.println(queue.isEmpty()); // true 2 points. } }