/*
Method: toString
Purpose: sends the database to a string
Parameters:
TreeNode currentNode - the current node in the binary tree
Returns:
*/
private String toString(TreeNode currentNode) {
String returnString = "";
if (currentNode == null) {
return returnString;
}
returnString += toString(currentNode.getLeftBranch());
returnString += currentNode.toString() + "\r\n";
returnString += toString(currentNode.getRightBranch());
return returnString;
}
/*
Method: toFile
Purpose: sends the database to a File
Parameters:
FileWriter fileWriter - the filewriter to pprint to file
TreeNode current - current node bing printed
Returns:
*/
public void writeToFile(FileWriter fileWriter, TreeNode current) {
try {
if (current == null) {
return;
}
fileWriter.write(current.toFile() + "\r\n");
writeToFile(fileWriter, current.getLeftBranch());
writeToFile(fileWriter, current.getRightBranch());
} catch (IOException exception) {
System.out.println("An error occurred in the file writing");
}
}
private String searchForSynonym(String searchedFor, TreeNode currentNode) {
String returnString = "";
if (currentNode == null) {
return returnString;
}
returnString += searchForSynonym(searchedFor, currentNode.getLeftBranch());
if (currentNode.containsSynonym(searchedFor)) {
returnString += "\r\n" + currentNode.toString() + "\r\n";
}
returnString += searchForSynonym(searchedFor, currentNode.getRightBranch());
return returnString;
}