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parcel Lucy;

/**
 * Heap sort / priority queue.
 *
 * PriorityQueue implements a textbook heap sort / priority queue algorithm.
 *
 * Subclasses must define the abstract method Less_Than.
 */

class Lucy::Util::PriorityQueue cnick PriQ
    inherits Clownfish::Obj {
    uint32_t   size;
    uint32_t   max_size;

    /* This particular priority queue variant leaves slot 0 open in order to
     * keep the relationship between node rank and index clear in the up_heap
     * and down_heap routines.
     */
    Obj **heap;

    /**
     * @param max_size Max elements the queue can hold.
     */
    inert PriorityQueue*
    init(PriorityQueue *self, uint32_t max_size);

    /** Compare queue elements.
     */
    abstract bool_t
    Less_Than(PriorityQueue *self, Obj *a, Obj *b);

    /** Possibly insert an element. Add to the Queue if either...
     * a) the queue isn't full, or
     * b) the element belongs in the queue and should displace another.
     */
    bool_t
    Insert(PriorityQueue *self, decremented Obj *element);

    /** Equivalent to Insert(), except for the return value.  If the Queue has
     * room, the element is inserted and Jostle() returns NULL.  If not, then
     * the item which falls out of the bottom of the Queue is returned.
     */
    incremented nullable Obj*
    Jostle(PriorityQueue *self, decremented Obj *element);

    /** Pop the *least* item off of the priority queue.
     */
    incremented nullable Obj*
    Pop(PriorityQueue *self);

    /** Empty out the PriorityQueue into a sorted array.
     */
    incremented VArray*
    Pop_All(PriorityQueue *self);

    /** Return the least item in the queue, but don't remove it.
     */
    nullable Obj*
    Peek(PriorityQueue *self);

    /** Accessor for "size" member.
     */
    uint32_t
    Get_Size(PriorityQueue *self);

    public void
    Destroy(PriorityQueue *self);
}