rdr.methods
Class BinaryTreeNode

java.lang.Object
  rdr.core.Node
      rdr.methods.BinaryTreeNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class BinaryTreeNode
extends Node

A binary tree node object. Designed for use with single classification RDR - SCRDR.java Based on specification by Compton and Jansen.

Author:

Ivan Bindoff

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class rdr.core.Node

classification, id, rule

Constructor Summary

BinaryTreeNode(Rule rule, Classification classification, Case cornerstone)
Construct a Binary Tree Node

Method Summary

Case	getCornerstone()
int	getDepth() Finds the depth of this node
BinaryTreeNode	getFalseBranch()
int	getNumChildren()
BinaryTreeNode	getTrueBranch()
void	setCornerstone(Case c) Set the cornerstone to the case c
void	setFalse(BinaryTreeNode n)
void	setTrue(BinaryTreeNode n)

Methods inherited from class rdr.core.Node

getClassification, getId, getRule, setClassification, setId, setRule, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BinaryTreeNode

public BinaryTreeNode(Rule rule,
                      Classification classification,
                      Case cornerstone)

Construct a Binary Tree Node

Method Detail

setTrue

public void setTrue(BinaryTreeNode n)

Parameters:

n - the node to use as the true branch

setFalse

public void setFalse(BinaryTreeNode n)

Parameters:

n - the node to use as the false branch

getTrueBranch

public BinaryTreeNode getTrueBranch()

Returns:

the reference to the true branch

getFalseBranch

public BinaryTreeNode getFalseBranch()

Returns:

the reference to the false branch

getCornerstone

public Case getCornerstone()

Returns:

the cornerstone case for this node

setCornerstone

public void setCornerstone(Case c)

Set the cornerstone to the case c

Parameters:

c -

getDepth

public int getDepth()

Finds the depth of this node

Specified by:

getDepth in class Node

Returns:

depth

getNumChildren

public int getNumChildren()

Specified by:

getNumChildren in class Node

Returns:

the number of children this node has.