Node.md

The tree data structure

The Mbh\Tree\Interfaces\Node interface abstracts the concept of a tree node. In Tree a Node has essentially two things: a set of children (that implements the same Node interface) and a value.

On the other hand, the Mbh\Tree\Node gives a straight implementation for that interface.

Creating a node

<?php

use Mbh\Tree\Node;

$node = new Node('foo');

Getting and setting the value of a node

Each node has a value property, that can be any php value.

<?php

$node->setValue('my value');
echo $node->getValue(); //Prints 'my value'

Adding one or more children

<?php

$child1 = new Node('child1');
$child2 = new Node('child2');

$node
    ->addChild($child1)
    ->addChild($child2);

Removing a child

<?php

$node->removeChild($child1);

Getting the array of all children

<?php

$children = $node->getChildren();

Overwriting the children set

<?php

$node->setChildren([new Node('foo'), new Node('bar')]);

Removing all children

<?php

$node->removeAllChildren();

Getting if the node is a leaf or not

A leaf is a node with no children.

<?php

$node->isLeaf();

Getting if the node is a child or not

A child is a node that has a parent.

<?php

$node->isChild();

Getting the parent of a node

Reference to the parent node is automatically managed by child-modifiers methods

<?php

$root->addChild($node = new Node('child'));
$node->getParent(); // Returns $root

Getting the ancestors of a node

<?php

$root = (new Node('root'))
    ->addChild($child = new Node('child'))
    ->addChild($grandChild = new Node('grandchild'));

$grandchild->getAncestors(); // Returns [$root, $child]

Related Methods

• getAncestorsAndSelf retrieves ancestors of a node with the current node included.

Getting the root of a node

<?php

$root = $node->root();

Getting the neighbors of a node

<?php

$root = (new Node('root'))
    ->addChild($child1 = new Node('child1'))
    ->addChild($child2 = new Node('child2'))
    ->addChild($child3 = new Node('child3'));

$child2->getNeighbors(); // Returns [$child1, $child3]

Related Methods

• getNeighborsAndSelf retrieves neighbors of current node and the node itself.

Getting the number of nodes in the tree

<?php

$node->getSize();

Getting the depth of a node

<?php

$node->getDepth();

Getting the height of a node

<?php

$node->getHeight();