Is LinkedBlockingQueue a correct choice for a producer-consumer like scenario?

Question

I have a producer-consumer like scenario. Class A produces objects of type E. I have to hold it in a static data structure in class A, because the consumer logic should be handled in a class B, which has no reference to object of A. Is LinkedBlockingQueue the correct data type for the queue? Or are there any better selection for this?

Answer 1

If the producer and consumer runs in two different threads, then yes, a LinkedBlockingQueue<E> would be a good choice.

Answer 2

If you are using a bounded queue, you could also consider an ArrayBlockingQueue.

Also, from the LinkedBlockingQueue Javadoc:

Linked queues typically have higher throughput than array-based queues but less predictable performance in most concurrent applications.