Class DepthFirstSearcher

java.lang.Object
  Searcher
      DepthFirstSearcher

public class DepthFirstSearcher
extends Searcher

DepthFirstSearcher.java - a simple iterative implementation of depth-first search.

Constructor Summary

DepthFirstSearcher()

Method Summary

boolean

search(SearchNode rootNode) search - given an initial node, perform depth-first search (DFS).

Methods inherited from class Searcher

getGoalNode, getNodeCount, printGoalPath

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DepthFirstSearcher

public DepthFirstSearcher()

Method Detail

search

public boolean search(SearchNode rootNode)

search - given an initial node, perform depth-first search (DFS). This particular implementation of DFS is iterative.

Specified by:

search in class Searcher

Parameters:

rootNode - a SearchNode value - the initial node

Returns:

a boolean value - whether or not goal node was found