// yields the children-to-parent relations from R
public static String[] getRelationsFromR(String R, String a1_to_B, String a2_to_B) {
Set<String> possiblePatterns = new HashSet<String>(25, 1.0f);
Set<String> consistentPatterns = new HashSet<String>(25, 1.0f);
String[] newRelations = new String[2];
for (char relation : R.toCharArray())
possiblePatterns.addAll(FROM_R_TO_RELATIONS.get("" + relation));
boolean matchesPattern;
for (String pattern : possiblePatterns) {
matchesPattern =
a1_to_B.contains("" + pattern.charAt(0)) && a2_to_B.contains("" + pattern.charAt(1));
if (matchesPattern) consistentPatterns.add(pattern);
}
String new_a1_to_B = "";
String new_a2_to_B = "";
for (String pattern : consistentPatterns) {
new_a1_to_B += Articulations.union(new_a1_to_B, "" + pattern.charAt(0));
new_a2_to_B += Articulations.union(new_a2_to_B, "" + pattern.charAt(1));
}
newRelations[0] = new_a1_to_B;
newRelations[1] = new_a2_to_B;
return newRelations;
}
// yields R from the children-to-parent relations
public static String getRFromRelations(String a1_to_B, String a2_to_B) {
String R = "";
for (char r1 : a1_to_B.toCharArray())
for (char r2 : a2_to_B.toCharArray())
R = Articulations.union(R, FROM_RELATIONS_TO_R.get("" + r1 + r2));
return R;
}
