BlockingDeque putFirst() method in Java with Examples
Last Updated :
12 Jul, 2025
The
putFirst(E e) method of
BlockingDeque inserts the specified element at the front of the queue represented by this deque. If the Deque is capacity restricted, then it will wait for the space to become available.
Syntax:
public void putFirst(E e)
Parameters: This method accepts a mandatory parameter
e which is the element to be inserted at the front of the BlockingDeque.
Returns: This method does not return anything.
Exceptions: The program throws two exceptions as shown below:
- NullPointerException - if the specified element is null
- InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting
Note: The putFirst() method of
BlockingDeque has been inherited from the
LinkedBlockingDeque class in Java.
Below programs illustrate putFirst() method of BlockingDeque:
Program 1:
Java
// Java Program Demonstrate putFirst()
// method of BlockingDeque
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingDeque;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws InterruptedException
{
// create object of BlockingDeque
BlockingDeque<Integer> BD
= new LinkedBlockingDeque<Integer>();
// Add numbers to end of BlockingDeque
BD.putFirst(7855642);
BD.putFirst(35658786);
BD.putFirst(5278367);
BD.putFirst(74381793);
// print Deque
System.out.println("Blocking Deque: " + BD);
}
}
Output:
Blocking Deque: [74381793, 5278367, 35658786, 7855642]
Program 2:
Java
// Java Program Demonstrate putFirst()
// method of BlockingDeque
// throwing NullPointerException
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingDeque;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws InterruptedException
{
// create object of BlockingDeque
BlockingDeque<Integer> BD
= new LinkedBlockingDeque<Integer>();
// Add numbers to end of BlockingDeque
BD.putFirst(7855642);
BD.putFirst(35658786);
BD.putFirst(5278367);
// throws an exception
BD.putFirst(null);
// print Dequeue
System.out.println("Blocking Deque: " + BD);
}
}
:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque.putFirst(LinkedBlockingDeque.java:373)
at GFG.main(GFG.java:24)
Program 3:
Java
// Java Program Demonstrate putFirst()
// method of BlockingDeque
// when capacity exceeded
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingDeque;
import java.util.*;
public class GFG {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws InterruptedException
{
// create object of BlockingDeque
BlockingDeque<Integer> BD
= new LinkedBlockingDeque<Integer>(3);
// Add numbers to end of BlockingDeque
BD.putFirst(7855642);
BD.putFirst(35658786);
BD.putFirst(5278367);
// throws an exception
BD.putFirst(4356789);
// print Dequeue
System.out.println("Blocking Deque: " + BD);
}
}
:
Max real time limit exceeded due to either by heavy load on server or by using sleep function
Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/BlockingDeque.html#putFirst(E)