Sample mini queue - this is typical usage of wait/notify

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class MiniQueue {

   private final Object lock = new Object();

   private final LinkedList storage = new LinkedList();

   public void enqueue( Object o ) {
       synchronized ( lock ) {
           storage.addLast( o );
           lock.notifyAll();
       }
   }

   public Object dequeue() throws InterruptedException {
       synchronized ( lock ) {
           while ( storage.isEmpty() ) {
               lock.wait();
           }

           return storage.removeFirst();
       }
   }
}

Kind regards

   robert

Very much agreed.  Including your emphasis on the word "the".

One of the very, very, few books of which I have bought more than one edition.

   -- chris