Buffer

This is buffer based on a circular singly linked list implementation that follows the itterator interface, being a drop in replacement for iterable structure when you need a list. When used unbound, it acts like a queue, when used bound, will start evicting once it hits the maxSize.

Usage Deno

import Buffer from "https://deno.land/x/buffer/mod.ts";

Usage Node

npm install --save @denox/buffer

import Buffer from "@denox/Buffer";

API

Initialization

The only argument is entries and it is optional, allowing prepopulating the buffer.

const queue = new Buffer(); // Creates an empty queue
const queueWithData = new Buffer(Infinity, ["value1", "value2"]); // Creates a queue with 2 entries

const buffer = new Buffer(100); // Creates an empty buffer
const bufferWithData = new Buffer(100, ["value1", "value2"]); // Creates a buffer with 2 entries

Push

Add a value to end of the buffer.

buffer.push("value");

Pop

Retrieve a value from begining of the buffer.

buffer.pop(); // "value"

Peek

Retrieve a value from begining of the buffer, similar with pop but without changing the buffer.

buffer.peek("key");

Clear

Clear everything from the buffer, leaving the queue empty.

buffer.clear();

Size

Get the current size of the buffer.

buffer.size; // Number

MaxSize

Get the capacity of the buffer.

buffer.maxSize; // Number

Keys, Values, Entries

Get the iterators for keys, values or entries ordered based on the insetion.

Array.from(buffer.keys()); // [value1, value2, ...]
Array.from(buffer.values()); // [value1, value2, ...]
Array.from(buffer.entries()); // [[value1, value1], [value2, value2], ...]

ForEach

Iterate over the values in the insersion order.

buffer.forEach((value, key, buffer) => {
    //...
});

License

MIT