How do you design FIFO queue with variable data size?

Question

I\'m just working on the FIFO queue (the simple one, just what\'s pushed first, pops at first) with the variable data size but I\'m not sure with the way I\'m designing it.

Answer 1

I would use memory streams and a TObjectQueue (as Uwe suggested).

type
  TListQueue = class
  private
    FList: TObjectQueue;
  public
    constructor Create;
    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure Push(const Value; const Size: Integer);
    procedure Pop(var Value; var Size: Integer);
  end;

implementation

constructor TListQueue.Create;
begin
  inherited;
  FList := TObjectQueue.Create;
end;

destructor TListQueue.Destroy;
begin
  while FList.Count > 0 do
    TMemoryStream(FList.Pop).Free;
  FreeAndNil(FList);
  inherited;
end;

procedure TListQueue.Push(const Value; const Size: Integer);
var
  LStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  LStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
  LStream.Write(Value, Size);
  FList.Push(LStream);
end;

procedure TListQueue.Pop(var Value; var Size: Integer);
var
  LStream: TMemoryStream;
begin
  if FList.Count > 0 then
  begin
    LStream := TMemoryStream(FList.Pop);
    Size := LStream.Size;
    LStream.Position := 0;
    LStream.Read(Value, Size);
    LStream.Free;
  end;
end;