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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require "thread"
+
+module Qpid
+
+  class Closed < Exception; end
+
+  class Queue < Queue
+
+    @@END = Object.new()
+
+    def close()
+      # sentinal to indicate the end of the queue
+      self << @@END
+    end
+
+    def pop(*args)
+      result = super(*args)
+      if @@END.equal? result
+        # we put another sentinal on the end in case there are
+        # subsequent calls to pop by this or other threads
+        self << @@END
+        raise Closed.new()
+      else
+        return result
+      end
+    end
+
+    alias shift pop
+    alias deq pop
+
+  end
+
+end