Creating a fixed-size Stack

Question

I want to create a Stack in Java, but fix the size. For example, create a new Stack, set the size to 10, then as I push items to the stack it fills up and when it fills up t

Answer 1

A LinkedBlockingDeque is one simple option. Use the LinkedBlockingQueue(int) constructor where the parameter is the your stack limit.

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As you observed, Stack and Vector model unbounded sequences. The setSize() method truncates the stack / vector. It doesn't stop the data structure from growing beyond that size.