@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public Sentry unionWithSentries(Sentry a, Sentry b) {
SentryImpl sa = (SentryImpl) a;
SentryImpl sb = (SentryImpl) b;
if (sa == sb) return sa;
if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
sa.root = sb;
sb.children.add(sa);
return sb;
} else {
sb.root = sa;
sa.children.add(sb);
return sa;
}
}
/**
* *****************************************************************************************************************
* Private Methods
* ****************************************************************************************************************
*/
private SentryImpl compress(SentryImpl sentry) {
if (sentry.root == sentry) return sentry;
SentryImpl root = compress(sentry.root);
sentry.root = root;
return root;
}
