require 'thread' require 'timeout' class TimedQueue def initialize @que = [] @mutex = Mutex.new @resource = ConditionVariable.new end def push(obj) @mutex.synchronize do @que.push obj @resource.broadcast end end alias_method :<<, :push def timed_pop(timeout=0.5) deadline = Time.now + timeout @mutex.synchronize do loop do return @que.shift unless @que.empty? to_wait = deadline - Time.now raise Timeout::Error, "Waited #{timeout} sec" if to_wait <= 0 @resource.wait(@mutex, to_wait) end end end def empty? @que.empty? end def clear @que.clear end def length @que.length end end