NAME¶
Tree::Simple::Visitor::BreadthFirstTraversal - A Visitor for breadth-first
traversal a Tree::Simple hierarchy
SYNOPSIS¶
use Tree::Simple::Visitor::BreadthFirstTraversal;
# create an visitor
my $visitor = Tree::Simple::Visitor::BreadthFirstTraversal->new();
# pass our visitor to the tree
$tree->accept($visitor);
# print our results
print join ", " => $visitor->getResults();
# this will print this:
# 1, 2, 3, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 1.1.1
# assuming your tree is like this:
# 1
# 1.1
# 1.1.1
# 1.2
# 2
# 2.1
# 3
# 3.1
DESCRIPTION¶
This implements a breadth-first traversal of a Tree::Simple hierarchy. This can
be an alternative to the built in depth-first traversal of the Tree::Simple
"traverse" method.
METHODS¶
- new
- There are no arguments to the constructor the object will
be in its default state. You can use the "setNodeFilter" method
to customize its behavior.
- includeTrunk ($boolean)
- Based upon the value of $boolean, this will tell the
visitor to include the trunk of the tree in the traversal as well.
- setNodeFilter ($filter_function)
- This method accepts a CODE reference as its
$filter_function argument and throws an exception if it is not a code
reference. This code reference is used to filter the tree nodes as they
are collected. This can be used to customize output, or to gather specific
information from a more complex tree node. The filter function should
accept a single argument, which is the current Tree::Simple object.
- visit ($tree)
- This is the method that is used by Tree::Simple's
"accept" method. It can also be used on its own, it requires the
$tree argument to be a Tree::Simple object (or derived from a Tree::Simple
object), and will throw and exception otherwise.
- getResults
- This method returns the accumulated results of the
application of the node filter to the tree.
BUGS¶
None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will
be sure to fix it.
CODE COVERAGE¶
See the
CODE COVERAGE section in Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory for more
inforamtion.
SEE ALSO¶
These Visitor classes are all subclasses of
Tree::Simple::Visitor, which
can be found in the
Tree::Simple module, you should refer to that
module for more information.
AUTHOR¶
stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright 2004, 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
<
http://www.iinteractive.com>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.