[Home](./index.md) > [@empathyco/x-components](./x-components.md) > [BaseXPriorityQueue](./x-components.basexpriorityqueue.md) > [peek](./x-components.basexpriorityqueue.peek.md) ## BaseXPriorityQueue.peek() method Retrieves, but does not remove, the head [node](./x-components.xpriorityqueuenode.md) of the queue. **Signature:** ```typescript peek(): XPriorityQueueNode | undefined; ``` **Returns:** [XPriorityQueueNode](./x-components.xpriorityqueuenode.md)<SomeRecord, SomeData> \| undefined The head [node](./x-components.xpriorityqueuenode.md) of the queue.