uk.ac.bbk.dcs.automed.graph
Class Forest

java.lang.Object
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public class Forest

extends java.lang.Object

Class that abstracts the structure of a forest.

Author:

Lucas Zamboulis

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

genericRootName

Constructor Summary

Forest()

Method Summary

protected void	addTree(TreeNode root) Adds a tree to the forest.
java.util.HashSet	getForest()
void	printForest()
protected void	printTree(TreeNode root, int depth)
TreeNode	toTree() This method adds a generic root node to the forest and adds the trees' roots as children to the generic root node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

genericRootName

public static final java.lang.String genericRootName

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Forest

public Forest()

Method Detail

getForest

public java.util.HashSet getForest()

Returns:

the roots of the trees consisting the forest

addTree

protected void addTree(TreeNode root)

Adds a tree to the forest.

Parameters:

root - the root of the tree

toTree

public TreeNode toTree()

This method adds a generic root node to the forest and adds the trees' roots as children to the generic root node. As a result, the forest is transformed into a tree.

Returns:

the root node of the newly created tree

printForest

public void printForest()

printTree

protected void printTree(TreeNode root,
                         int depth)