SoftwareEngineeringCourse-Java/src/lab16_composite/ex3/algorithm/TraversalAlgorithm.java

package lab16_composite.ex3.algorithm;

import lab16_composite.ex3.component.Component;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public abstract class TraversalAlgorithm {
    protected List<Component> successors = new ArrayList<>();

    public Component search(Component root, String target) {
        successors = new ArrayList<>();
        successors.add(root);
        while (true) {
            if (successors.isEmpty()) {
                return null;
            }
            Component component = successors.removeFirst();
            if (component.getName().equals(target)) {
                return component;
            }
            addSuccessor(component.getChildren());
        }
    }

    protected abstract void addSuccessor(ArrayList<Component> newSuccessors);
}