package util;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * The <code>Stack</code> class represents a last-in-first-out 
 * (LIFO) stack of objects. It extends class <tt>Vector</tt> with five 
 * operations that allow a vector to be treated as a stack. The usual 
 * <tt>push</tt> and <tt>pop</tt> operations are provided, as well as a
 * method to <tt>peek</tt> at the top item on the stack, a method to test 
 * for whether the stack is <tt>empty</tt>, and a method to <tt>search</tt> 
 * the stack for an item and discover how far it is from the top.
 * <p>
 * When a stack is first created, it contains no items. 
 *
 * @author  Jonathan Payne
 * @version 1.24, 02/02/00
 * @since   JDK1.0
 */
public
class Stack extends Vector {
    /**
     * Creates an empty Stack3.
     */
    public Stack() {
    }

    /**
     * Pushes an item onto the top of this stack. This has exactly 
     * the same effect as:
     * <blockquote><pre>
     * addElement(item)</pre></blockquote>
     *
     * @param   item   the item to be pushed onto this stack.
     * @return  the <code>item</code> argument.
     * @see     java.util.Vector#addElement
     */
    public Object push(Object item) {
	addElement(item);

	return item;
    }

    /**
     * Removes the object at the top of this stack and returns that 
     * object as the value of this function. 
     *
     * @return     The object at the top of this stack (the last item 
     *             of the <tt>Vector</tt> object).
     * @exception  EmptyStackException  if this stack is empty.
     */
    public synchronized Object pop() {
	Object	obj;
	int	len = size();

	obj = peek();
	removeElementAt(len - 1);

	return obj;
    }

    /**
     * Looks at the object at the top of this stack without removing it 
     * from the stack. 
     *
     * @return     the object at the top of this stack (the last item 
     *             of the <tt>Vector</tt> object). 
     * @exception  EmptyStackException  if this stack is empty.
     */
    public synchronized Object peek() {
	int	len = size();

	if (len == 0)
	    throw new EmptyStackException();
	return elementAt(len - 1);
    }

    /**
     * Tests if this stack is empty.
     *
     * @return  <code>true</code> if and only if this stack contains 
     *          no items; <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    public boolean empty() {
	return size() == 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the 1-based position where an object is on this stack. 
     * If the object <tt>o</tt> occurs as an item in this stack, this 
     * method returns the distance from the top of the stack of the 
     * occurrence nearest the top of the stack; the topmost item on the 
     * stack is considered to be at distance <tt>1</tt>. The <tt>equals</tt> 
     * method is used to compare <tt>o</tt> to the 
     * items in this stack.
     *
     * @param   o   the desired object.
     * @return  the 1-based position from the top of the stack where 
     *          the object is located; the return value <code>-1</code>
     *          indicates that the object is not on the stack.
     */
    public synchronized int search(Object o) {
	int i = lastIndexOf(o);

	if (i >= 0) {
	    return size() - i;
	}
	return -1;
    }

    /** use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.0.2 for interoperability */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1224463164541339165L;
}