deque vs. stack article

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/pom.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <assertj.version>3.18.0</assertj.version>
+        <assertj.version>3.19.0</assertj.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/collections/dequestack/ArrayLifoStack.java

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+package com.baeldung.collections.dequestack;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Deque;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+public class ArrayLifoStack<E> implements LifoStack<E> {
+    private final Deque<E> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public void push(E item) {
+        deque.addFirst(item);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public E pop() {
+        return deque.removeFirst();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public E peek() {
+        return deque.peekFirst();
+    }
+
+    // implementing methods from the Collection interface
+    @Override
+    public int size() {
+        return deque.size();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return deque.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean contains(Object o) {
+        return deque.contains(o);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<E> iterator() {
+        return deque.iterator();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object[] toArray() {
+        return deque.toArray();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) {
+        return deque.toArray(a);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean add(E e) {
+        return deque.add(e);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean remove(Object o) {
+        return deque.remove(o);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean containsAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        return deque.containsAll(c);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c) {
+        return deque.addAll(c);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean removeAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        return deque.removeAll(c);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean retainAll(Collection<?> c) {
+        return deque.retainAll(c);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void clear() {
+        deque.clear();
+    }
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/collections/dequestack/LifoStack.java

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+package com.baeldung.collections.dequestack;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+public interface LifoStack<E> extends Collection<E> {
+
+    E peek();
+
+    E pop();
+
+    void push(E item);
+}

core-java-modules/core-java-collections-4/src/test/java/com/baeldung/collections/dequestack/StackVsDequeUnitTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.collections.dequestack;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.ArrayDeque;
+import java.util.Deque;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Stack;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class StackVsDequeUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStack_whenAccessByIndex_thenElementCanBeRead() {
+        Stack<String> myStack = new Stack<>();
+        myStack.push("I am the 1st element."); //index 0
+        myStack.push("I am the 2nd element."); //index 1
+        myStack.push("I am the 3rd element."); //index 2
+        //access by index
+        assertThat(myStack.get(0)).isEqualTo("I am the 1st element.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStack_whenIterate_thenFromBottomToTop() {
+        Stack<String> myStack = new Stack<>();
+        myStack.push("I am at the bottom.");
+        myStack.push("I am in the middle.");
+        myStack.push("I am at the top.");
+
+        Iterator<String> it = myStack.iterator();
+
+        assertThat(it).toIterable().containsExactly(
+          "I am at the bottom.",
+          "I am in the middle.",
+          "I am at the top.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenAStack_whenAddOrRemoveByIndex_thenElementCanBeAddedOrRemoved() {
+        Stack<String> myStack = new Stack<>();
+        myStack.push("I am the 1st element.");
+        myStack.push("I am the 3rd element.");
+
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(2);
+
+        //insert by index
+        myStack.add(1, "I am the 2nd element.");
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThat(myStack.get(1)).isEqualTo("I am the 2nd element.");
+        //remove by index
+        myStack.remove(1);
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenADeque_whenAddOrRemoveLastElement_thenTheLastElementCanBeAddedOrRemoved() {
+        Deque<String> myStack = new ArrayDeque<>();
+        myStack.push("I am the 1st element.");
+        myStack.push("I am the 2nd element.");
+        myStack.push("I am the 3rd element.");
+
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(3);
+
+        //insert element to the bottom of the stack
+        myStack.addLast("I am the NEW element.");
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(4);
+        assertThat(myStack.peek()).isEqualTo("I am the 3rd element.");
+
+        //remove element from the bottom of the stack
+        String removedStr = myStack.removeLast();
+        assertThat(myStack.size()).isEqualTo(3);
+        assertThat(removedStr).isEqualTo("I am the NEW element.");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenADeque_whenIterate_thenFromTopToBottom() {
+        Deque<String> myStack = new ArrayDeque<>();
+        myStack.push("I am at the bottom.");
+        myStack.push("I am in the middle.");
+        myStack.push("I am at the top.");
+
+        Iterator<String> it = myStack.iterator();
+
+        assertThat(it).toIterable().containsExactly(
+          "I am at the top.",
+          "I am in the middle.",
+          "I am at the bottom.");
+    }
+}