public void enqueue(E elem) {
    Node<E> node = new Node<E>();
    node.setElement(elem);
    node.setNext(null); // node will be new tail node
    if (size == 0)
      head = node; // special case of a previously empty queue
    else
      tail.setNext(node); // add node at the tail of the list
    tail = node; // update the reference to the tail node
    size++;
  }