Description
Part 2: Define delete in class AbsTree
Preliminaries: Refer to BST_Part2.java posted at Resources Assignments. It
provides the starting point for Part 2.
A protected field AbsTree parent field has been added to class AbsTree. Revise the insert
method so that the parent field is correctly set when a value is inserted into the tree. Define
three procedures, min(), max(), and find(n) which return, respectively, the AbsTree node
with the minimum value, the AbsTree node with the maximum value, and the AbsTree node
containing the value n. If n is not present in the tree, find(n) should return null.
Defining delete: Define the delete method so that it works for ordinary trees as well as
duptrees. Similar to insert, the code for delete should be kept in class AbsTree and should
capture what is common to trees and duptrees. The differences in delete’s behavior between
Tree and DupTree should be expressed in terms of one or more protected abstract methods
which are implemented in the classes Tree and DupTree.
The four cases of delete described in Part 1 also apply here. Additionally, when a value n in a
duptree has a count > 1, the method delete(n) should decrement the count field associated
with n but should not delete the node. If a value n is associated with a count == 1, the
method delete(n) should remove the node containing value n from the duptree.
Watch the posted screen-cast, A1_Part2.mp4, for a clarification of delete’s behavior.
Run your program under JIVE and save the object and sequence diagrams in files called obj2.png
and seq2.png, respectively, at the point when all insert and delete operations have been
performed by main, but main has not yet exited. Choose the “Objects with Tables” option for the
Object Diagram.
Note: Print out error messages on the Console when the value to be deleted is either not present
in the tree or is present at the root of the tree with count == 1 and both subtrees are null.
What to Submit: Prepare a top-level directory named A1_Part2_UBITId1_UBITId2 if the
assignment is done by two students (list the UBITIds in alphabetic order); otherwise, name it as
A1_Part2_UBITId if the assignment is done solo.
In this directory, place BST_Part2.java, obj2.png and seq2.png. Compress the directory
and submit the compressed file using the Linux command submit_cse522. Details regarding
online submission will be posted in due course at
Resources Assignments Online_Submission_CSE522.pdf
Only one submission per team is required.
Important Note for Parts 1 and 2:
Do not change the names of classes, fields, or methods given in the Assignment.
Do not change the names or the number of parameters for the methods.
You are free to have any number of local variables in the methods that you are asked to define:
min, max, find, case1, case2, case3L, and case3R.
End of Assignment 1
