Size-limited queue that holds last N elements in Java

Question

A very simple & quick question on Java libraries: is there a ready-made class that implements a Queue with a fixed maximum size - i.e. it always allows addi

Answer 1

The only thing I know that has limited space is the BlockingQueue interface (which is e.g. implemented by the ArrayBlockingQueue class) - but they do not remove the first element if filled, but instead block the put operation until space is free (removed by other thread).

To my knowledge your trivial implementation is the easiest way to get such an behaviour.