--[[ Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Matthias Richter Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ]]-- local ringbuffer = {} ringbuffer.__index = ringbuffer local function new(...) local rb = {} rb.items = {...} rb.current = 1 return setmetatable(rb, ringbuffer) end function ringbuffer:insert(item, ...) if not item then return end -- insert rest before self so order is restored, e.g.: -- {1,<2>,3}:insert(4,5) -> {1,<2>,3}:insert(5) -> {1,<2>,5,3} -> {1,<2>,4,5,3} self:insert(...) table.insert(self.items, self.current+1, item) end function ringbuffer:append(item, ...) if not item then return end self.items[#self.items+1] = item return self:append(...) end function ringbuffer:removeAt(k) -- wrap position local pos = (self.current + k) % #self.items while pos < 1 do pos = pos + #self.items end -- remove item local item = table.remove(self.items, pos) -- possibly adjust current pointer if pos < self.current then self.current = self.current - 1 end if self.current > #self.items then self.current = 1 end -- return item return item end function ringbuffer:remove() return table.remove(self.items, self.current) end function ringbuffer:get() return self.items[self.current] end function ringbuffer:size() return #self.items end function ringbuffer:next() self.current = (self.current % #self.items) + 1 return self:get() end function ringbuffer:prev() self.current = self.current - 1 if self.current < 1 then self.current = #self.items end return self:get() end -- the module return setmetatable({new = new}, {__call = function(_, ...) return new(...) end})