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| -rw-r--r-- | src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Queue.scala | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Queue.scala b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Queue.scala index 05c5dd799d..df1484c4ab 100644 --- a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Queue.scala +++ b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/Queue.scala @@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ class Queue[+A] protected(protected val in: List[A], protected val out: List[A]) case x :: xs => (x, new Queue(in, xs)) case _ => throw new NoSuchElementException("dequeue on empty queue") } + + /** Optionally retrieves the first element and a queue of the remaining elements. + * + * @return A tuple of the first element of the queue, and a new queue with this element removed. + * If the queue is empty, `None` is returned. + */ + def dequeueOption: Option[(A, Queue[A])] = if(isEmpty) None else Some(dequeue) /** Returns the first element in the queue, or throws an error if there * is no element contained in the queue. |