Class: Tree::TreeNode

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Enumerable
Defined in:
lib/tree.rb

Overview

TreeNode Class Description

This class models the nodes for an N-ary tree data structue. The nodes are named and have a place-holder for the node data (i.e., content of the node). The node names are required to be unique within the tree (as the name is implicitly used as an ID within the data structure).

The node's content is not required to be unique across different nodes in the tree, and can be nil as well.

The class provides various methods to navigate the tree, traverse the structure, modify contents of the node, change position of the node in the tree, and to make structural changes to the tree.

A node can have any number of child nodes attached to it and hence can be used to create N-ary trees. Access to the child nodes can be made in order (with the conventional left to right access), or randomly.

The node also provides direct access to its parent node as well as other superior parents in the path to root of the tree. In addition, a node can also access its sibling nodes, if present.

Note that while this implementation does not explicitly support directed graphs, the class itself makes no restrictions on associating a node's content with multiple nodes in the tree. However, having duplicate nodes within the structure is likely to cause unpredictable behavior.

Example

The following example implements this tree structure:

                +------------+
                |    ROOT    |
                +-----+------+
        +-------------+------------+
        |                          |
+-------+-------+          +-------+-------+
|  CHILD 1      |          |  CHILD 2      |
+-------+-------+          +---------------+
        |
        |
+-------+-------+
| GRANDCHILD 1  |
+---------------+

# ..... Example starts.
require 'tree'                 # Load the library

# ..... Create the root node first.  Note that every node has a name and an optional content payload.
root_node = Tree::TreeNode.new("ROOT", "Root Content")
root_node.print_tree

# ..... Now insert the child nodes.  Note that you can "chain" the child insertions for a given path to any depth.
root_node << Tree::TreeNode.new("CHILD1", "Child1 Content") << Tree::TreeNode.new("GRANDCHILD1", "GrandChild1 Content")
root_node << Tree::TreeNode.new("CHILD2", "Child2 Content")

# ..... Lets print the representation to stdout.  This is primarily used for debugging purposes.
root_node.print_tree

# ..... Lets directly access children and grandchildren of the root.  The can be "chained" for a given path to any depth.
child1       = root_node["CHILD1"]
grand_child1 = root_node["CHILD1"]["GRANDCHILD1"]

# ..... Now lets retrieve siblings of the current node as an array.
siblings_of_child1 = child1.siblings

# ..... Lets retrieve immediate children of the root node as an array.
children_of_root = root_node.children

# ..... This is a depth-first and L-to-R pre-ordered traversal.
root_node.each { |node| node.content.reverse }

# ..... Lets remove a child node from the root node.
root_node.remove!(child1)

Author:

Direct Known Subclasses

BinaryTreeNode

Instance Attribute Summary (collapse)

Node Creation (collapse)

Structure Modification (collapse)

Tree Traversal (collapse)

Class Method Summary (collapse)

Instance Method Summary (collapse)

Constructor Details

- (TreeNode) initialize(name, content = nil)

Note:

If the name is an Integer, then the semantics of TreeNode[] can be surprising, as an Integer parameter to that method normally acts as an index to the children array, and follows the zero-based indexing convention.

Creates a new node with a name and optional content. The node name is expected to be unique within the tree.

The content can be of any type, and defaults to nil.

Parameters:

  • name (Object)

    Name of the node. Conventional usage is to pass a String (Integer names may cause surprises)

  • content (Object) (defaults to: nil)

    Content of the node.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError)

    Raised if the node name is empty.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 181

def initialize(name, content = nil)
  raise ArgumentError, "Node name HAS to be provided!" if name == nil
  @name, @content = name, content

  if name.kind_of?(Integer)
    warn StandardWarning,
         "Using integer as node name. Semantics of TreeNode[] may not be what you expect! #{name} #{content}"
  end

  self.set_as_root!
  @children_hash = Hash.new
  @children = []
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

- (Object) method_missing(meth, *args, &blk)

Allow the deprecated CamelCase method names. Display a warning. :nodoc:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 928

def method_missing(meth, *args, &blk)
  if self.respond_to?(new_method_name = underscore(meth))
    warn DeprecatedMethodWarning, "The camelCased methods are deprecated. Please use #{new_method_name} instead of #{meth}"
    return send(new_method_name, *args, &blk)
  else
    super
  end
end

Instance Attribute Details

- (Integer) breadth (readonly)

Breadth of the tree at the receiver node's level. A single node without siblings has a breadth of 1.

Breadth is defined to be:

Breadth

Number of sibling nodes to this node + 1 (this node itself),

i.e., the number of children the parent of this node has.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    breadth of the node's level.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 946

def breadth
  is_root? ? 1 : parent.children.size
end

- (Array<Tree::TreeNode>) children {|child| ... }

An array of all the immediate children of the receiver node. The child nodes are ordered "left-to-right" in the returned array.

If a block is given, yields each child node to the block traversing from left to right.

Yields:

  • (child)

    Each child is passed to the block, if given

Yield Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Array<Tree::TreeNode>)

    An array of the child nodes, if no block is given.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 433

def children
  if block_given?
    @children.each {|child| yield child}
  else
    @children
  end
end

- (Object) content

Content of this node. Can be nil. Note that there is no uniqueness constraint related to this attribute.

See Also:

  • name


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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 155

def content
  @content
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) first_child

First child of the receiver node. Will be nil if no children are present.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 446

def first_child
  children.first
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) first_sibling

First sibling of the receiver node. If this is the root node, then returns itself.

'First' sibling is defined as follows:

First sibling

The left-most child of the receiver's parent, which may be the receiver itself

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 637

def first_sibling
  is_root? ? self : parent.children.first
end

- (Integer) in_degree (readonly)

The incoming edge-count of the receiver node.

In-degree is defined as:

In-degree

Number of edges arriving at the node (0 for root, 1 for all other nodes)

  • In-degree = 0 for a root or orphaned node

  • In-degree = 1 for a node which has a parent

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    The in-degree of this node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 960

def in_degree
  is_root? ? 0 : 1
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) last_child

Last child of the receiver node. Will be nil if no children are present.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 455

def last_child
  children.last
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) last_sibling

Last sibling of the receiver node. If this is the root node, then returns itself.

'Last' sibling is defined as follows:

Last sibling

The right-most child of the receiver's parent, which may be the receiver itself

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 662

def last_sibling
  is_root? ? self : parent.children.last
end

- (Object) name (readonly)

Name of this node. Expected to be unique within the tree.

Note that the name attribute really functions as an ID within the tree structure, and hence the uniqueness constraint is required.

This may be changed in the future, but for now it is best to retain unique names within the tree structure, and use the content attribute for any non-unique node requirements.

See Also:

  • content


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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 147

def name
  @name
end

- (Tree::treeNode) next_sibling

Next sibling for the receiver node. The 'next' node is defined as the node to right of the receiver node.

Will return nil if no subsequent node is present, or if the receiver is a root node.

Returns:

  • (Tree::treeNode)

    the next sibling node, if present.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 722

def next_sibling
  return nil if is_root?

  myidx = parent.children.index(self)
  parent.children.at(myidx + 1) if myidx
end

- (Integer) node_depth (readonly) Also known as: level

Depth of the receiver node in its tree. Depth of a node is defined as:

Depth

Length of the node's path to its root. Depth of a root node is zero.

Note that the deprecated method Tree::TreeNode#depth was incorrectly computing this value. Please replace all calls to the old method with Tree::TreeNode#node_depth instead.

'level' is an alias for this method.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    Depth of this node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 898

def node_depth
  return 0 if is_root?
  1 + parent.node_depth
end

- (Integer) node_height (readonly)

Height of the (sub)tree from the receiver node. Height of a node is defined as:

Height

Length of the longest downward path to a leaf from the node.

  • Height from a root node is height of the entire tree.

  • The height of a leaf node is zero.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    Height of the node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 882

def node_height
  return 0 if is_leaf?
  1 + @children.collect { |child| child.node_height }.max
end

- (Integer) out_degree (readonly)

The outgoing edge-count of the receiver node.

Out-degree is defined as:

Out-degree

Number of edges leaving the node (zero for leafs)

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    The out-degree of this node.



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def out_degree
  is_leaf? ? 0 : children.size
end

- (Object) parent

Parent of this node. Will be nil for a root node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 160

def parent
  @parent
end

- (Array?) parentage (readonly)

An array of ancestors of the receiver node in reversed order (the first element is the immediate parent of the receiver).

Returns nil if the receiver is a root node.

Returns:

  • (Array, nil)

    An array of ancestors of the receiver node, or nil if this is a root node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 241

def parentage
  return nil if is_root?

  parentage_array = []
  prev_parent = self.parent
  while (prev_parent)
    parentage_array << prev_parent
    prev_parent = prev_parent.parent
  end

  parentage_array
end

- (Tree::treeNode) previous_sibling

Previous sibling of the receiver node. 'Previous' node is defined to be the node to left of the receiver node.

Will return nil if no predecessor node is present, or if the receiver is a root node.

Returns:

  • (Tree::treeNode)

    the previous sibling node, if present.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 739

def previous_sibling
  return nil if is_root?

  myidx = parent.children.index(self)
  parent.children.at(myidx - 1) if myidx && myidx > 0
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) root

root node for the (sub)tree to which the receiver node belongs. A root node's root is itself.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 620

def root
  root = self
  root = root.parent while !root.is_root?
  root
end

- (Array<Tree::TreeNode>) siblings {|sibling| ... }

An array of siblings for the receiver node. The receiver node is excluded.

If a block is provided, yields each of the sibling nodes to the block. The root always has nil siblings.

Yields:

  • (sibling)

    Each sibling is passed to the block.

Yield Parameters:

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 689

def siblings
  return [] if is_root?

  if block_given?
    parent.children.each { |sibling| yield sibling if sibling != self }
  else
    siblings = []
    parent.children {|my_sibling| siblings << my_sibling if my_sibling != self}
    siblings
  end
end

- (Integer) size (readonly)

Total number of nodes in this (sub)tree, including the receiver node.

Size of the tree is defined as:

Size

Total number nodes in the subtree including the receiver node.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    Total number of nodes in this (sub)tree.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 582

def size
  @children.inject(1) {|sum, node| sum + node.size}
end

Class Method Details

+ (Tree::TreeNode) json_create(json_hash)

Helper method to create a Tree::TreeNode instance from the JSON hash representation. Note that this method should NOT be called directly. Instead, to convert the JSON hash back to a tree, do:

tree = JSON.parse (the_json_hash)

This operation requires the JSON gem to be available, or else the operation fails with a warning message.

Parameters:

  • json_hash (Hash)

    The JSON hash to convert from.

Returns:

See Also:

Author:

Since:

  • 0.7.0



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 861

def self.json_create(json_hash)

  node = new(json_hash["name"], json_hash["content"])

  json_hash["children"].each do |child|
    node << child
  end if json_hash["children"]

  return node

end

Instance Method Details

- (Tree::TreeNode) <<(child)

Convenience synonym for #add method.

This method allows an easy mechanism to add node hierarchies to the tree on a given path via chaining the method calls to successive child nodes.

Examples:

Add a child and grand-child to the root

root << child << grand_child

Parameters:

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 279

def <<(child)
  add(child)
end

- (Integer) <=>(other)

Provides a comparision operation for the nodes.

Comparision is based on the natural character-set ordering of the node name.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    +1 if this node is a 'successor', 0 if equal and -1 if this node is a 'predecessor'.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 753

def <=>(other)
  return +1 if other == nil
  self.name <=> other.name
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) [](name_or_index, num_as_name = false)

Note:

The use of Integer names is allowed by using the optional num_as_name flag.

Returns the requested node from the set of immediate children.

  • If the name argument is an Integer, then the in-sequence array of children is accessed using the argument as the index (zero-based). However, if the second optional num_as_name argument is true, then the name is used literally as a name, and NOT as an index

  • If the name argument is NOT an Integer, then it is taken to be the name of the child node to be returned.

If a non-Integer name is passed, and the num_as_name parameter is also true, then a warning is thrown (as this is a redundant use of the num_as_name flag.)

Parameters:

  • name_or_index (String|Number)

    Name of the child, or its positional index in the array of child nodes.

  • num_as_name (Boolean) (defaults to: false)

    Whether to treat the Integer name argument as an actual name, and NOT as an index to the children array.

Returns:

  • (Tree::TreeNode)

    the requested child node. If the index in not in range, or the name is not present, then a nil is returned.

Raises:

  • (ArgumentError)

    Raised if the name_or_index argument is nil.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 559

def [](name_or_index, num_as_name=false)
  raise ArgumentError, "Name_or_index needs to be provided!" if name_or_index == nil

  if name_or_index.kind_of?(Integer) and not num_as_name
    @children[name_or_index]
  else
    if num_as_name and not name_or_index.kind_of?(Integer)
      warn StandardWarning, "Redundant use of the `num_as_name` flag for non-integer node name"
    end
    @children_hash[name_or_index]
  end
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) add(child, at_index = -1))

Adds the specified child node to the receiver node.

This method can also be used for grafting a subtree into the receiver node's tree, if the specified child node is the root of a subtree (i.e., has child nodes under it).

The receiver node becomes parent of the node passed in as the argument, and the child is added as the last child ("right most") in the current set of children of the receiver node.

Additionally you can specify a insert position. The new node will be inserted BEFORE that position. If you don't specify any position the node will be just appended. This feature is provided to make implementation of node movement within the tree very simple.

If an insertion position is provided, it needs to be within the valid range of:

-children.size..children.size

This is to prevent nil nodes being created as children if a non-existant position is used.

name exists, or if an invalid insertion position is specified.

Parameters:

  • child (Tree::TreeNode)

    The child node to add.

  • at_index (optional, Number) (defaults to: -1))

    The optional position where the node is to be inserted.

Returns:

Raises:

  • (RuntimeError)

    This exception is raised if another child node with the same

  • (ArgumentError)

    This exception is raised if a nil node is passed as the argument.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 313

def add(child, at_index = -1)
  raise ArgumentError, "Attempting to add a nil node" unless child # Only handles the immediate child scenario
  raise ArgumentError, "Attempting add node to itself" if self == child
  raise "Child #{child.name} already added!" if @children_hash.has_key?(child.name)

  if insertion_range.include?(at_index)
    @children.insert(at_index, child)
  else
    raise "Attempting to insert a child at a non-existent location (#{at_index}) when only positions from #{insertion_range.min} to #{insertion_range.max} exist."
  end

  @children_hash[child.name]  = child
  child.parent = self
  return child
end

- (Object) as_json(options = {})

Creates a JSON ready Hash for the #to_json method.

Rails uses JSON in ActiveSupport, and all Rails JSON encoding goes through as_json

Returns:

  • A hash based representation of the JSON

See Also:

Author:

Since:

  • 0.8.3



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 813

def as_json(options = {})

    json_hash = {
      "name"         => name,
      "content"      => content,
      JSON.create_id => self.class.name
    }

    if has_children?
      json_hash["children"] = children
    end

    return json_hash

end

- (Object) breadth_each {|child| ... }

Performs breadth-first traversal of the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node. The traversal at a given level is from left-to-right. The receiver node itself is the first node to be traversed.

Yields:

  • (child)

    Each node is passed to the block.

Yield Parameters:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 497

def breadth_each(&block)
  node_queue = [self]       # Create a queue with self as the initial entry

  # Use a queue to do breadth traversal
  until node_queue.empty?
    node_to_traverse = node_queue.shift
    yield node_to_traverse
    # Enqueue the children from left to right.
    node_to_traverse.children { |child| node_queue.push child }
  end
end

- (Integer) depth

Deprecated.

This method returns an incorrect value. Use the 'node_depth' method instead.

Returns depth of the tree from the receiver node. A single leaf node has a depth of 1.

This method is DEPRECATED and may be removed in the subsequent releases. Note that the value returned by this method is actually the:

height + 1 of the node, NOT the depth.

For correct and conventional behavior, please use #node_depth and #node_height methods instead.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    depth of the node.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 919

def depth
  warn DeprecatedMethodWarning, 'This method is deprecated.  Please use node_depth() or node_height() instead (bug # 22535)'

  return 1 if is_leaf?
  1 + @children.collect { |child| child.depth }.max
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) detached_copy

Returns a copy of the receiver node, with its parent and children links removed. The original node remains attached to its tree.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 199

def detached_copy
  Tree::TreeNode.new(@name, @content ? @content.clone : nil)
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) detached_subtree_copy Also known as: dup

Returns a copy of entire (sub-)tree from receiver node.

Returns:

Author:

  • Vincenzo Farruggia

Since:

  • 0.8.0



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 209

def detached_subtree_copy
  new_node = detached_copy
  children { |child| new_node << child.detached_subtree_copy }
  new_node
end

- (Object) each {|child| ... }

Traverses each node (including the receiver node) of the (sub)tree rooted at this node by yielding the nodes to the specified block.

The traversal is depth-first and from left-to-right in pre-ordered sequence.

Yields:

  • (child)

    Each node is passed to the block.

Yield Parameters:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 471

def each(&block)             # :yields: node
  yield self
  children { |child| child.each(&block) }
end

- (Object) each_leaf {|node| ... }

Yields every leaf node of the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node to the specified block.

May yield this node as well if this is a leaf node. Leaf traversal is depth-first and left-to-right.

Yields:

  • (node)

    Each leaf node is passed to the block.

Yield Parameters:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 519

def each_leaf &block
  if block_given?
    self.each { |node| yield(node) if node.is_leaf? }
  else
    self.select { |node| node.is_leaf?}
  end
end

- (Object) freeze_tree!

Freezes all nodes in the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node.

The nodes become immutable after this operation. In effect, the entire tree's structure and contents become read-only and cannot be changed.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 762

def freeze_tree!
  each {|node| node.freeze}
end

- (Boolean) has_children?

Returns true if the receiver node has any child node.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if child nodes exist.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 407

def has_children?
  @children.length != 0
end

- (Boolean) has_content?

Returns true if the receiver node has content.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if the node has content.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 381

def has_content?
  @content != nil
end

- (Boolean) is_first_sibling?

Returns true if the receiver node is the first sibling at its level.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if this is the first sibling.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 647

def is_first_sibling?
  first_sibling == self
end

- (Boolean) is_last_sibling?

Returns true if the receiver node is the last sibling at its level.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if this is the last sibling.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 672

def is_last_sibling?
  last_sibling == self
end

- (Boolean) is_leaf?

Returns true if the receiver node is a 'leaf' - i.e., one without any children.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if this is a leaf node.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 417

def is_leaf?
  !has_children?
end

- (Boolean) is_only_child?

Returns true if the receiver node is the only child of its parent.

As a special case, a root node will always return true.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if this is the only child of its parent.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 708

def is_only_child?
  is_root? ? true : parent.children.size == 1
end

- (Boolean) is_root?

Returns true if the receiver is a root node. Note that orphaned children will also be reported as root nodes.

Returns:

  • (Boolean)

    true if this is a root node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 398

def is_root?
  @parent == nil
end

- (Integer) length

Deprecated.

This method name is ambiguous and may be removed. Use TreeNode#size instead.

Convenience synonym for #size.

Returns:

  • (Integer)

    The total number of nodes in this (sub)tree.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 592

def length
  size()
end

- (Object) marshal_dump

Returns a marshal-dump represention of the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 767

def marshal_dump
  self.collect { |node| node.create_dump_rep }
end

- (Object) marshal_load(dumped_tree_array)

TODO:

This method probably should be a class method. It currently clobbers self and makes itself the root.

Loads a marshalled dump of a tree and returns the root node of the reconstructed tree. See the Marshal class for additional details.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 783

def marshal_load(dumped_tree_array)
  nodes = { }
  dumped_tree_array.each do |node_hash|
    name        = node_hash[:name]
    parent_name = node_hash[:parent]
    content     = Marshal.load(node_hash[:content])

    if parent_name then
      nodes[name] = current_node = Tree::TreeNode.new(name, content)
      nodes[parent_name].add current_node
    else
      # This is the root node, hence initialize self.
      initialize(name, content)

      nodes[name] = self    # Add self to the list of nodes
    end
  end
end

- (Object) preordered_each {|child| ... }

Traverses the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node in pre-ordered sequence. This is a synonym of #each.

Yields:

  • (child)

    Each child is passed to the block.

Yield Parameters:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 484

def preordered_each(&block)  # :yields: node
  each(&block)
end

Pretty prints the (sub)tree rooted at the receiver node.

Parameters:

  • level (Integer) (defaults to: 0)

    The indentation level (4 spaces) to start with.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 599

def print_tree(level = 0)
  if is_root?
    print "*"
  else
    print "|" unless parent.is_last_sibling?
    print(' ' * (level - 1) * 4)
    print(is_last_sibling? ? "+" : "|")
    print "---"
    print(has_children? ? "+" : ">")
  end

  puts " #{name}"

  children { |child| child.print_tree(level + 1)}
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) remove!(child)

Removes the specified child node from the receiver node.

This method can also be used for pruning a sub-tree, in cases where the removed child node is the root of the sub-tree to be pruned.

The removed child node is orphaned but accessible if an alternate reference exists. If accessible via an alternate reference, the removed child will report itself as a root node for its sub-tree.

Parameters:

Returns:

  • (Tree::TreeNode)

    The removed child node, or nil if a nil was passed in as argument.

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 343

def remove!(child)
  return nil unless child

  @children_hash.delete(child.name)
  @children.delete(child)
  child.set_as_root!
  child
end

- (Tree::TreeNode) remove_all!

Removes all children from the receiver node. If an indepedent reference exists to the child nodes, then these child nodes report themselves as roots after this operation.

Returns:

See Also:



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 370

def remove_all!
  @children.each { |child| child.set_as_root! }

  @children_hash.clear
  @children.clear
  self
end

- (Tree:TreeNode) remove_from_parent!

Removes the receiver node from its parent. The reciever node becomes the new root for its subtree.

If this is the root node, then does nothing.

Returns:

  • (Tree:TreeNode)

    self (the removed receiver node) if the operation is successful, nil otherwise.

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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 359

def remove_from_parent!
  @parent.remove!(self) unless is_root?
end

- (Object) to_json(*a)

Creates a JSON representation of this node including all it's children. This requires the JSON gem to be available, or else the operation fails with a warning message. Uses the Hash output of as_json method, defined above.

Returns:

  • The JSON representation of this subtree.

See Also:

Author:

Since:

  • 0.7.0



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 841

def to_json(*a)
  as_json.to_json(*a)
end

- (String) to_s

Returns string representation of the receiver node. This method is primarily meant for debugging purposes.

Returns:

  • (String)

    A string representation of the node.



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# File 'lib/tree.rb', line 226

def to_s
  "Node Name: #{@name}" +
    " Content: " + (@content.to_s || "<Empty>") +
    " Parent: " + (is_root?()  ? "<None>" : @parent.name.to_s) +
    " Children: #{@children.length}" +
    " Total Nodes: #{size()}"
end