queue[0] = x;
        return 0;
      }
      int parentIndex = getParentIndex(index);
      E parentElement = elementData(parentIndex);
      if (parentIndex != 0) {
        /*
         * This is a guard for the case of the childless aunt node. Since the end of the array is
         * actually the middle of the heap, a smaller childless aunt node can become a child of x

   *
   * <p>Copying is not an atomic operation - in the case of an I/O error, power loss, process
   * termination, or other problems, {@code to} may not be a complete copy of {@code from}. If you
   * need to guard against those conditions, you should employ other file-level synchronization.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> If {@code to} represents an existing file, that file will be overwritten