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package org.apache.activemq.broker.region.policy;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;

import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.MessageReference;

/**
 * An eviction strategy which evicts the oldest message with the lowest priority first.
 * 
 * @org.apache.xbean.XBean
 * 
 * @version $Revision$messageEvictionStrategy
 */
public class OldestMessageWithLowestPriorityEvictionStrategy extends MessageEvictionStrategySupport {

    public MessageReference[] evictMessages(LinkedList messages) throws IOException {
        byte lowestPriority = Byte.MAX_VALUE;
        int pivot = 0;
        Iterator iter = messages.iterator();
        for (int i = 0; iter.hasNext(); i++) {
            MessageReference reference = (MessageReference) iter.next();
            byte priority = reference.getMessage().getPriority();
            if (priority < lowestPriority) {
                lowestPriority = priority;
                pivot = i;
            }
        }
        return new MessageReference[] {(MessageReference) messages.remove(pivot)};
    }
}
