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authorBenjamin J. Culkin <bjculkin@mix.wvu.edu>2017-10-08 22:39:59 -0300
committerBenjamin J. Culkin <bjculkin@mix.wvu.edu>2017-10-08 22:39:59 -0300
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+package bjc.utils.funcdata.bst;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a function for doing a directed walk of a binary tree.
+ *
+ * @author ben
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ * The type of element stored in the walked tree
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface DirectedWalkFunction<T> {
+ /**
+ * Represents the results used to direct a walk in a binary tree.
+ *
+ * @author ben
+ *
+ */
+ public enum DirectedWalkResult {
+ /**
+ * Specifies that the function has failed.
+ */
+ FAILURE,
+ /**
+ * Specifies that the function wants to move left in the tree
+ * next.
+ */
+ LEFT,
+ /**
+ * Specifies that the function wants to move right in the tree
+ * next.
+ */
+ RIGHT,
+ /**
+ * Specifies that the function has succesfully completed
+ *
+ */
+ SUCCESS
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Perform a directed walk on a node of a tree.
+ *
+ * @param element
+ * The data stored in the node currently being visited
+ * @return The way the function wants the walk to go next.
+ */
+ public DirectedWalkResult walk(T element);
+}