/**
* Retrieves and removes the head of the queue represented by this deque
* (in other words, the first element of this deque), or returns
* <tt>null</tt> if this deque is empty.
*
* <p>This method is equivalent to {@link #pollFirst()}.
*
* @return the first element of this deque, or <tt>null</tt> if
* this deque is empty
*/
E poll();
/**
* Pops an element from the stack represented by this deque. In other
* words, removes and returns the first element of this deque.
*
* <p>This method is equivalent to {@link #removeFirst()}.
*
* @return the element at the front of this deque (which is the top
* of the stack represented by this deque)
* @throws NoSuchElementException if this deque is empty
*/
E pop();
两者的区别不大,仅仅是pop()比poll()多了一个判断:元素为null,抛出异常,源码如下
if (x == null) throw new NoSuchElementException();
return x;