source: trunk/quest-core-tasktrees/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/quest/tasktrees/nodeequality/SequenceComparisonRule.java @ 557

// Module    : $RCSfile: NodeIdentityRule.java,v $
// Version   : $Revision: 0.0 $  $Author: patrick $  $Date: 19.02.2012 $
// Project   : TaskTreeCreator
// Creation  : 2012 by patrick
// Copyright : Patrick Harms, 2012

package de.ugoe.cs.quest.tasktrees.nodeequality;

import de.ugoe.cs.quest.tasktrees.treeifc.ISequence;
import de.ugoe.cs.quest.tasktrees.treeifc.ITaskTreeNode;

/**
 * <p>
 * This rule is capable of comparing sequences. If both sequences do not have children, they are
 * treated as lexically equal. Sequences are lexically equal, if they have the same number and
 * order of lexically equal children. The rule can not decide, if two sequences are syntactically
 * or semantically equal.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @version $Revision: $ $Date: 19.02.2012$
 * @author 2012, last modified by $Author: patrick$
 */
public class SequenceComparisonRule implements NodeComparisonRule {

    /** the rule manager for internally comparing task tree nodes */
    private NodeEqualityRuleManager mRuleManager;

    /**
     * <p>
     * simple constructor to provide the rule with the node equality rule manager to be able
     * to perform comparisons of the children of provided task tree nodes
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param ruleManager the rule manager for comparing task tree nodes
     */
    SequenceComparisonRule(NodeEqualityRuleManager ruleManager) {
        super();
        mRuleManager = ruleManager;
    }

    /*
     * (non-Javadoc)
     * 
     * @see de.ugoe.cs.tasktree.nodeequality.NodeEqualityRule#apply(TaskTreeNode, TaskTreeNode)
     */
    @Override
    public NodeEquality compare(ITaskTreeNode node1, ITaskTreeNode node2) {
        if ((!(node1 instanceof ISequence)) || (!(node2 instanceof ISequence))) {
            return null;
        }

        // if both sequences do not have children, they are equal although this doesn't make sense
        if ((node1.getChildren().size() == 0) && (node2.getChildren().size() == 0)) {
            return NodeEquality.LEXICALLY_EQUAL;
        }

        // 
        if (node1.getChildren().size() != node2.getChildren().size()) {
            return null;
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < node1.getChildren().size(); i++) {
            ITaskTreeNode child1 = node1.getChildren().get(i);
            ITaskTreeNode child2 = node2.getChildren().get(i);

            NodeEquality nodeEquality = mRuleManager.applyRules(child1, child2);

            if (!nodeEquality.isAtLeast(NodeEquality.LEXICALLY_EQUAL)) {
                return null;
            }
        }

        return NodeEquality.LEXICALLY_EQUAL;
    }

}