*/
protected LinkObject getQueuedMessage() {
// get a link list of all queued objects
if (log.isTraceEnabled())
log.trace("Queuesize before=" + ((FastQueue) queue).getSize());
LinkObject entry = queue.remove();
if (log.isTraceEnabled())
log.trace("Queuesize after=" + ((FastQueue) queue).getSize());
return entry;
}