biTree
Class Symbol

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--biTree.Symbol

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, WeightCompare

public class Symbol

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable, WeightCompare

The leaf node class for our binary tree

Author:

Chad Cook

Field Summary

(package private) int	_value
(package private) java.lang.Integer	_weight

Constructor Summary

Symbol(int value)
Constructor.

Symbol(int value, int weight)
Constructor.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object wc) The required compareTo method from Comparable.
void	execute(Visitor v) The hook for my visitors
int	getValue() Getter for the value
java.lang.Integer	getWeight() Getter for the weight
void	incWeight() Increments the weight by one
void	setWeight(int newWeight) Sets the weight
java.lang.String	toString() A toString method for testing purposes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_value

int _value

_weight

java.lang.Integer _weight

Constructor Detail

Symbol

public Symbol(int value)

Constructor. Automatically sets weight to one.

Parameters:

int - The value for the new symbol.

Symbol

public Symbol(int value,
              int weight)

Constructor.

Parameters:

int - The value for the new symbol.

int - The weight for the new symbol.

Method Detail

getValue

public int getValue()

Getter for the value

Returns:

The value

getWeight

public java.lang.Integer getWeight()

Getter for the weight

Specified by:

getWeight in interface WeightCompare

Returns:

The weight

incWeight

public void incWeight()

Increments the weight by one

setWeight

public void setWeight(int newWeight)

Sets the weight

Parameters:

int - The new weight

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object wc)

The required compareTo method from Comparable. Compares the two weights, which are Integers.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable

Parameters:

Object - What to compare this BiTree to. Must be of type WeightCompare.

Returns:

The result of comparing the weights.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

A toString method for testing purposes

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

"(value, weight)"

execute

public void execute(Visitor v)

The hook for my visitors

Specified by:

execute in interface WeightCompare

Parameters:

Visitor - The visitor