Github user kishoreg commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/helix/pull/159#discussion_r177260018
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helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/common/DedupEventBlockingQueue.java
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+package org.apache.helix.common;
+
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+
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+
+/**
+ * A blocking queue of events, which automatically deduplicate events with
the same "type" within
+ * the queue, i.e, when putting an event into the queue, if there is
already an event with the
+ * same type existing in the queue, the new event won't be inserted into
the queue.
+ * This class is meant to be a limited implementation of the {@link
BlockingQueue} interface.
+ *
+ * T -- the Type of an event.
+ * E -- the event itself.
+ */
+public class DedupEventBlockingQueue<T, E> {
+ private final Map<T, Entry<T, E>> _eventMap;
+ private final Queue<Entry> _eventQueue;
+
+ class Entry <T, E> {
+ private T _type;
+ private E _event;
+
+ Entry (T type, E event) {
+ _type = type;
+ _event = event;
+ }
+
+ T getType() {
+ return _type;
+ }
+
+ E getEvent() {
+ return _event;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate the queue
+ */
+ public DedupEventBlockingQueue() {
+ _eventMap = Maps.newHashMap();
+ _eventQueue = Lists.newLinkedList();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Remove all events from the queue
+ */
+ public synchronized void clear() {
+ _eventMap.clear();
+ _eventQueue.clear();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Add a single event to the queue, overwriting events with the same name
+ */
+ public synchronized void put(T type, E event) {
+ Entry entry = new Entry(type, event);
+
+ if (!_eventMap.containsKey(entry.getType())) {
+ // only insert to the queue if there isn't a same-typed event
already present
+ boolean result = _eventQueue.offer(entry);
+ if (!result) {
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ // always overwrite the existing entry in the map in case the entry is
different
+ _eventMap.put((T) entry.getType(), entry);
+ notify();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Remove an element from the front of the queue, blocking if none is
available. This method
+ * will return the most recent event seen with the oldest enqueued event
name.
+ * @return ClusterEvent at the front of the queue
+ * @throws InterruptedException if the wait for elements was interrupted
+ */
+ public synchronized E take() throws InterruptedException {
+ while (_eventQueue.isEmpty()) {
+ wait();
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Could we use blocking q and piggy bank on that impl?
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