Train a fast (FIFO) queue with a rollback mechanism. Behind the scenes it uses 2 arrays to simulate and perform fast shifting and popping operations without using the Array#shift() method..
npm install train
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> _Train_, a fast (FIFO) __queue__ with __rollback__ mechanism.
> Behind the scenes, it uses 2 arrays, to simulate and perform fast shifting and popping operations, without using the Array#shift() method.
> __Note:__
>__Array#shift__ method shows an __high loss of performances when the array is very long__; for example, on my laptop the bottleneck occurs when I fill an array with more than 2^17 items. It implies that for shorter array lengths, is still possible to use _Array#shift_.
> _Test by yourself launching benchmarks or manually tuning_ the power value p in this _bench file_.
> If you need a simple (LIFO) __Stack__, try __Peela__.
``bash`
$ npm install train [-g]
> __require__:
`javascript`
var Train = require( 'train' );
`bash`
$ cd train/
$ npm test
`bash`
$ cd train/
$ npm run bench
> Create an instance, argument within [ ] is optional.
`javascript`
Train( [ Object opt ] )
// or
new Train( [ Object opt ] )$3
> Default options are listed.
`javascript
{
// init queue with some elements
head : []
// max limit for 'xpush', 'xconcat', 'x..' methods
, xlim : Infinity
// max size for the rollback queue
, rlim : Infinity
}
`
> Don't mess with these properties!
`javascript
/*
* Property to get the queue length.
*
* NOTE: Accessors are very slow,
* use size() method instead.
*/
Train.length : Number
/*
* Property to set the queue size limit.
*
* NOTE: Only #xpush(), #xconcat() are affected by this limit.
*/
Train.xlim : Number
/*
* Property to set the size limit for the rollback queue.
*/
Train.rlim : Number
/*
* Property to get current iterator position in the queue.
*
* NOTE: manually changing this value directly affects the
* behaviour of iterator methods like #next() and #curr.
*/
Train.ipos : Number
/*
* Property that indicates the current head element
* position/index in the queue.
*
* WARNING: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.hpos : Number
/*
* Property that indicates the current roll position/index
* in the head queue.
*
* WARNING: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.rpos : Number
/*
* Property that indicates if the mechanism of rolling up
* is enabled or not. It is set by #rollUp() and unset by
* #rollBack() or #rollUp( false ).
*
* WARNING: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.roll : Boolean
/*
* An array that represents the current head of the queue.
*
* WARNING: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.qhead : Array
/*
* An array that represents the current tail of queue.
*
* NOTE: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.qtail : Array
/*
* An array for rollback mechanism.
*
* NOTE: private property, don't mess with it.
*/
Train.qroll : Array
`
> Arguments within [ ] are optional.
`javascript
/*
* Get an element at a certain index.
*/
Train#get( [ Number index ] ) : Object
/*
* Circular get.
*/
Train#cget( [ Number index ] ) : Object
/*
* Return the index of an element in the queue, optionally
* starting the search from an offset index.
* If element was not found, it returns -1.
*/
Train#indexOf( Object el [, Number offset ] ) : Object
/*
* Evict the first (head) element from the queue.
*/
Train#shift() : Object
/*
* Evict one or multiple elements, if a number k was specified,
* it returns an array of K elements, with K <= k.
* If k > # size(), all elements are returned.
*
NOTE: #pop(k) elements is faster than executing #shift() k times.
* NOTE: For popping all elements you could do Train#pop( Infinity )
*/
Train#pop( [ Number k ] ) : Array
/*
* Slice a portion of train queue into a new array,
* from begin to end index.
*
* NOTE: Usage is the same as Array#slice method; it
* accepts negative indexes and numbers as strings.
*/
Train#slice( [ Number begin [, Number end ] ] ) : Array
/*
* Start rolling up.
* From now, all items evicted from the queue could be
* restored, executing #rollBack().
* Disable rollUp passing false.
* It returns the current Train instance.
*
* NOTE: For now, there is no implemented mechanism, to
* directly limit the roll queue size.
*/
Train#rollUp( [ Boolean on ] ) : Train
/*
* Do rollback; previously evicted items are restored
* to the head of queue. Optionally, it is possible to
* re-enable rollUp mechanism after the rollback, passing
* a true argument.
* It returns the current Train instance.
*/
Train#rollBack( [ Boolean rollUp ] ) : Train
/*
* Return current element through the circular iterator.
*/
Train#curr() : Object
/*
* Get the current element through a circular iterator, also
* incrementing the iterator counter/position by one; optionally,
* it is possible to specify a number as the next iterator
* position / index in the queue.
*/
Train#next( [ Number index ] ) : Object
/*
* Push one or multiple objects into the queue. it uses
* the same signature as Array#push.
* It returns the current number of items.
*/
Train#push( [ Object obj1 [, Object obj2 .. ] ] ) : Number
/*
* Push one or multiple objects into the queue,
* Unlike #push, if the addition of elements exceeds the
* xlim value, items aren't added but silently dropped.
* It returns the current number of items in the queue,
* or -1 if the current arguments/items were dropped.
*/
Train#xpush( [ Object obj1 [, Object obj2 .. ] ] ) : Number
/*
* A slightly faster push, ~15% than #push.
* It is still possible to increase speed ( bypassing function call )
* pushing element(s) directly to the tail of the queue and to calculate
* current size, using:
*
* var t = Train()
* , size = t.qtail.push( .. ) + t.qhead.length - me.hpos
* // or for multiple arguments
* , size = t.qtail.apply( t.qtail, [..] ) + t.qhead.length - me.hpos
* ;
*
* See Benchmarks.
*/
Train#fpush( [ Object obj ] ) : Number
/*
* Concatenate an Array to the queue.
* It returns the current Train instance.
*
* NOTE: It accepts a single argument, that could be also a generic element.
*/
Train#concat( [ Array array ] ) : Train
/*
* Concatenate an Array to the queue.
* Unlike #concat, if the addition of elements, contained in the array,
* exceeds the xlim value, array is silently dropped.
* It returns the current number of items in the queue,
* or -1 if the current array was dropped.
*
* NOTE: It accepts a single argument, that could be also a generic element.
*/
Train#xconcat( [ Array array ] ) : Number
/*
* Melt a list of Objects, preferably Train or Arrays to this queue;
* all Train queues will be emptied, all Arrays will be concatenated.
* Optionally, when boolean 'all' is true, it melts all items contained
* in the tlist argument.
* It returns the current queue size.
*
* NOTE: When 'all' is set to true, if an item in the tlist is not an
* instance of Train or Array, it will be added to the queue as is,
* also null, NaN and undefined values.
*/
Train#melt( [ Array tlist [, Boolean all ] ] ) : Number
/*
* Get the queue size.
*/
Train#size() : Number
/*
* Empty the queue for default.
* If bool is set to false, no action will be done.
* It returns the number of elements evicted.
*/
Train#flush( [ Boolean bool ] ) : Number
/*
* Apply a fn to every element of the queue, like Array#forEach;
* fn will get 3 arguments: ( Object element, Number index, Number qsize ).
*
* NOTE: on iteration, the size is fixed to the current queue size,
* then it is possible to push other elements to the tail, these
* added elements are not affected by iteration.
*/
Train#forEach( Function fn [, Object scope ] ) : Train
/*
* Apply a fn to every element of the queue;
* fn will get 3 arguments: Object element, Number index, Function done.
* After that every fn will have called done(), the callback will be launched
* with an err argument ( if any has occurred ) and a number, representing
* the total processed / iterated elements in the queue.
*
* If boolean "evict" was set to true, after the last fn call to done(),
* the queue will be flushed.
*
* NOTE: when queue size is 0, the callback will be immediately executed
* with arguments: ( null, 0 ).
*
* NOTE: on iteration, the size is fixed to the current queue size,
* then it is possible to push other elements to the tail, these
* added elements are not affected by iteration.
*/
Train#iterate( Function fn [, Object scope [, Function cback [, Boolean evict ] ] ] ) : Train
``
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