module Rambling module Trie # A representation of a node in the Trie data structure. class Node include ChildrenHashDeferer include Compressor include Branches include Enumerable include Inspector # Letter or letters corresponding to this node. # @return [Symbol, nil] the corresponding letter(s) or nil. attr_reader :letter # Children nodes. # @return [Hash] the children hash, consisting of :letter => node. attr_reader :children # Parent node. # @return [Node, nil] the parent node or nil for the root element. attr_accessor :parent # Creates a new Node. # @param [String, nil] word the word from which to create this Node and his branch. # @param [Node, nil] parent the parent of this node. def initialize(word = nil, parent = nil) self.parent = parent self.children = {} unless word.nil? || word.empty? self.letter = word.slice! 0 self.terminal = word.empty? self << word end end # Flag for terminal nodes. # @return [Boolean] `true` for terminal nodes, `false` otherwise. def terminal? !!terminal end # String representation of the current node, if it is a terminal node. # @return [String] the string representation of the current node. # @raise [InvalidOperation] if node is not terminal or is root. def as_word raise InvalidOperation, 'Cannot represent branch as a word' if letter && !terminal? to_s end # String representation of the current node. # @return [String] the string representation of the current node. def to_s parent.to_s << letter.to_s end protected attr_writer :children attr_accessor :terminal def letter=(letter) return unless letter letter = letter.to_sym @letter = letter parent[letter] = self if parent end end end end