edu.gwu.algtest
Interface MultiwayTreeSearchAlgorithm

All Superinterfaces:

edu.gwu.algtest.Algorithm, OrderedSearchAlgorithm, edu.gwu.algtest.SearchAlgorithm

public interface MultiwayTreeSearchAlgorithm

extends OrderedSearchAlgorithm

Interface MultiwayTreeSearchAlgorithm must be implemented by a Multiway tree search algorithm. There is only one method in the interface that returns the root of the tree.

See Also:

OrderedSearchAlgorithm

Method Summary
MultiwayNode	getRoot()           getRoot should return the root of the tree.

 

Methods inherited from interface edu.gwu.algtest.OrderedSearchAlgorithm

delete, insert, maximum, minimum, predecessor, search, successor

 

Methods inherited from interface edu.gwu.algtest.SearchAlgorithm

getCurrentSize, getKeys, getValues, initialize

 

Methods inherited from interface edu.gwu.algtest.Algorithm

getName, setPropertyExtractor

 

Method Detail

getRoot

public MultiwayNode getRoot()

getRoot should return the root of the tree.

Returns:

a MultiwayNode value