import java.util.Scanner; /** * This program demonstrates a few routines for processing binary * sort trees. It uses a binary sort tree of strings. The user * types in strings. The user's string is converted to lower case, and -- * if it is not already in the tree -- it is inserted into the tree. * Then the number of nodes in the tree and a list of items in the tree * are output. The program ends when the user enters an empty string. */ public class SortTreeDemo { /** * An object of type TreeNode represents one node in a binary tree of strings. */ private static class TreeNode { String item; // The data in this node. TreeNode left; // Pointer to left subtree. TreeNode right; // Pointer to right subtree. TreeNode(String str) { // Constructor. Make a node containing the specified string. // Note that left and right pointers are initially null. item = str; } } // end nested class TreeNode private static TreeNode root; // Pointer to the root node in a binary tree. // This tree is used in this program as a // binary sort tree. When the tree is empty, // root is null (as it is initially). public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner in = new Scanner( System.in ); // for reading user's input System.out.println("This program stores strings that you enter in a binary sort"); System.out.println("tree. After each item is inserted, the contents of the tree"); System.out.println("are displayed. The number of nodes in the tree is also output."); System.out.println(" Any string you enter will be converted to lower case."); System.out.println("Duplicate entries are ignored."); while (true) { // Get one string from the user, insert it into the tree, // and print some information about the tree. Exit if the // user enters an empty string. Note that all strings are // converted to lower case. System.out.println("\n\nEnter a string to be inserted, or press return to end."); System.out.print("? "); String item; // The user's input. item = in.nextLine().trim().toLowerCase(); if (item.length() == 0) break; if (treeContains(root,item)) { // Don't insert a second copy of an item that is already // in the tree. System.out.println("\nThat item is already in the tree."); } else { treeInsert(item); // Add user's string to the tree. System.out.println("\nThe tree contains " + countNodes(root) + " items."); System.out.println("\nContents of tree:\n"); treeList(root); } } // end while System.out.println("\n\nExiting program."); } // end main() /** * Add the item to the binary sort tree to which the global variable * "root" refers. (Note that root can't be passed as a parameter to * this routine because the value of root might change, and a change * in the value of a formal parameter does not change the actual parameter.) */ private static void treeInsert(String newItem) { if ( root == null ) { // The tree is empty. Set root to point to a new node containing // the new item. This becomes the only node in the tree. root = new TreeNode( newItem ); return; } TreeNode runner; // Runs down the tree to find a place for newItem. runner = root; // Start at the root. while (true) { if ( newItem.compareTo(runner.item) < 0 ) { // Since the new item is less than the item in runner, // it belongs in the left subtree of runner. If there // is an open space at runner.left, add a new node there. // Otherwise, advance runner down one level to the left. if ( runner.left == null ) { runner.left = new TreeNode( newItem ); return; // New item has been added to the tree. } else runner = runner.left; } else { // Since the new item is greater than or equal to the item in // runner it belongs in the right subtree of runner. If there // is an open space at runner.right, add a new node there. // Otherwise, advance runner down one level to the right. if ( runner.right == null ) { runner.right = new TreeNode( newItem ); return; // New item has been added to the tree. } else runner = runner.right; } } // end while } // end treeInsert() /** * Return true if item is one of the items in the binary * sort tree to which root points. Return false if not. */ static boolean treeContains( TreeNode root, String item ) { if ( root == null ) { // Tree is empty, so it certainly doesn't contain item. return false; } else if ( item.equals(root.item) ) { // Yes, the item has been found in the root node. return true; } else if ( item.compareTo(root.item) < 0 ) { // If the item occurs, it must be in the left subtree. return treeContains( root.left, item ); } else { // If the item occurs, it must be in the right subtree. return treeContains( root.right, item ); } } // end treeContains() /** * Print the items in the tree in inorder, one item to a line. * Since the tree is a sort tree, the output will be in increasing order. */ private static void treeList(TreeNode node) { if ( node != null ) { treeList(node.left); // Print items in left subtree. System.out.println(" " + node.item); // Print item in the node. treeList(node.right); // Print items in the right subtree. } } // end treeList() /** * Count the nodes in the binary tree. * @param node A pointer to the root of the tree. A null value indicates * an empty tree. * @return the number of nodes in the tree to which node points. For an * empty tree, the value is zero. */ private static int countNodes(TreeNode node) { if ( node == null ) { // Tree is empty, so it contains no nodes. return 0; } else { // Add up the root node and the nodes in its two subtrees. int leftCount = countNodes( node.left ); int rightCount = countNodes( node.right ); return 1 + leftCount + rightCount; } } // end countNodes() } // end class SortTreeDemo