My Blocking Queue using Lock interface

import java.util.*;

import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;

public class MyBlockingQueue {

private Queue items = new LinkedList<>();

private Lock lock = new ReentrantLock();

public void put(String item) {

try {

this.lock.lock();

System.out.println("Writing");

this.items.add(item);

}

finally {

this.lock.unlock();

System.out.println("Written");

}

}

public String get() {

try {

System.out.println("Reading");

this.tryLock();

return this.items.poll();

}

finally {

this.lock.unlock();

System.out.println("Read");

}

}

void tryLock() {

while(true) {

this.lock.lock();

if(this.items.size() == 0) {

this.lock.unlock();

sleep();

} else {

return;

}

}

}

private void sleep() {

try {

Thread.sleep(1);

} catch (InterruptedException e) {

System.out.println("Interrupted");

}

}

}