/* *A stack is exactly what it sounds like. An element gets added to top of the stack and only the element on the top may be removed. *This is an example of an array implementation of a Stack. So an element can only be added/removed from the end of the array. *In theory stacks have no fixed size, but with an array implementation it does. */ class Stack{ private int maxSize; private int[] stackArray; private int top; public Stack(int size){ //Constructor maxSize = size; stackArray = new int[maxSize]; top = -1; } public void push(int value){ //Adds an element to the top of the stack top++; stackArray[top] = value; } public int pop(){ //Removes the top element of the stack and returns the value you've removed return stackArray[top--]; } public int peek(){ //Returns the element at the top of the stack return stackArray[top]; } public boolean isEmpty(){ //Returns true if the stack is empty return(top == -1); } public boolean isFull(){ //Returns true if the stack is full return(top+1 == maxSize); } public void makeEmpty(){ //Doesn't delete elements in the array but if you call top = -1; //push method after calling makeEmpty it will overwrite previous values } } //Example public class Stacks{ public static void main(String args[]){ Stack myStack = new Stack(4); //Declare a stack of maximum size 4 //Populate the stack myStack.push(5); myStack.push(8); myStack.push(2); myStack.push(9); System.out.println(myStack.isEmpty()); //will print false System.out.println(myStack.isFull()); //will print true System.out.println(myStack.peek()); //will print 9 System.out.println(myStack.pop()); //will print 9 System.out.println(myStack.peek()); // will print 2 } }