66 lines
1.7 KiB
Java
66 lines
1.7 KiB
Java
package com.jwetherell.algorithms.data_structures.interfaces;
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/**
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* A tree can be defined recursively (locally) as a collection of nodes (starting at a root node),
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* where each node is a data structure consisting of a value, together with a list of nodes (the "children"),
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* with the constraints that no node is duplicated. A tree can be defined abstractly as a whole (globally)
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* as an ordered tree, with a value assigned to each node.
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*
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_(data_structure)
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*
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* @author Justin Wetherell <phishman3579@gmail.com>
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*/
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public interface ITree<T> {
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/**
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* Add value to the tree. Tree can contain multiple equal values.
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*
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* @param value to add to the tree.
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* @return True if successfully added to tree.
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*/
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public boolean add(T value);
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/**
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* Remove first occurrence of value in the tree.
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*
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* @param value to remove from the tree.
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* @return T value removed from tree.
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*/
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public T remove(T value);
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/**
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* Clear the entire stack.
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*/
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public void clear();
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/**
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* Does the tree contain the value.
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*
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* @param value to locate in the tree.
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* @return True if tree contains value.
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*/
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public boolean contains(T value);
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/**
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* Get number of nodes in the tree.
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*
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* @return Number of nodes in the tree.
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*/
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public int size();
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/**
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* Validate the tree according to the invariants.
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*
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* @return True if the tree is valid.
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*/
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public boolean validate();
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/**
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* Get Tree as a Java compatible Collection
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*
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* @return Java compatible Collection
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*/
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public java.util.Collection<T> toCollection();
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}
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