CSCI C343 Data Structures Spring 2024

Lab 3: Next Prev Binary Tree

Background and Overview

This lab is a stepping stone for the Segment Intersection Project.

The lab is to finish a BinaryTree class that implements the Sequence and ReverseSequence interfaces. These interfaces are defined in terms of iterators, Iterator and ReverseIterator. Traversing according to the Sequence should provide an inorder traversal. Traversing according to the ReverseSequence should provide a backwards inorder traversal.

Support Code and Submission

• Student support code is at link.
• Submit your code file BinaryTree.java (Problem 1) to link.
• Submit your test file BinaryTreeTest.java (Problem 2) to link.

Problem Set

Problem 1: Tree Traversal

Part 1: Helper functions

The first step is to implement next and previous methods in the Node class (which is nested inside the BinaryTree class). We recommend that you start by implementing the following helper functions in the Node class, which come in handy when trying to move forwards or backwards within the binary tree:

    public Node first();

• first(): returns the first node in the current subtree according to an inorder traversal.

    public Node last();

• last(): returns the last node in the current subtree according to an inorder traversal.

    public Node nextAncestor();

• nextAncestor(): returns the first ancestor that is next with respect to an inorder traversal or null if there is none.
  • We recommend that you use the parent field that has been added to the Node class for this purpose.

    public Node prevAncestor();

• prevAncestor(): returns the first ancestor that is previous with respect to and inorder traversal or null if there is none.
  • Again, you’ll need to use the parent field to walk up the tree.

Part 2: Next and Previous

Once the above helper functions are complete, it is straightforward to implement methods that return the next and previous nodes according to an inorder traversal:

    public Node next();
    public Node previous();

• The idea for next() is that:
  1. if the current node has a right child, then the first() of that child’s subtree is the next node.
  2. if the current node does not have a right child (if it is null), then the next node is it’s nextAncestor().
• The idea for previous() is the mirror image of the idea for next().

Part 3: Iter

You can now move on to finish the implementation of the Iter class (which is nested inside the BinaryTree class) by filling in:

• get(): returns data of the current node curr
• retreat(): as its name suggests, sets the current node to be the previous node of curr
• advance(): sets the current node to be the next node of curr
• equals(): if curr of this Iter is equal to the curr of the other
• clone(): returns a new iterator that copies curr

These methods are 1-liners.

Problem 2: Testing

Write test cases in BinaryTreeTest.java with one method named test(). This method should thoroughly test the BinaryTree class.

Test and debug your own code from Problem 1 locally and then submit both your code and your test cases to Autograder for grading.

The Autograder will apply your tests to buggy implementations of the BinaryTree class. You receive 1 point for each bug detected. The Autograder will also apply your tests to a correct implementation to rule out false positives.

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• You have reached the end of Lab 3. Yay!