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Java Collections - ArrayBlockingQueue.addAll() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Java Collections Java Java API

Class:

java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue

Method:

public boolean addAll(Collection<? extends E> c)

Adds all of the elements in the specified collection to this queue.

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.arrayblockingqueue;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;

public class AddAllExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        ArrayBlockingQueue<Integer> q = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(3);
        q.addAll(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3));
        System.out.println(q);
    }
}

Output

[1, 2, 3]

package com.logicbig.example.arrayblockingqueue;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;

public class AddAllExample2 {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        ArrayBlockingQueue<Integer> q = new ArrayBlockingQueue<>(2);
        q.addAll(Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3));
        System.out.println(q);
    }
}

Output

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Queue full
    at java.util.AbstractQueue.add (AbstractQueue.java:98)
    at java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue.add (ArrayBlockingQueue.java:326)
    at java.util.AbstractQueue.addAll (AbstractQueue.java:187)
    at com.logicbig.example.arrayblockingqueue.AddAllExample2.main (AddAllExample2.java:15)

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