// This function assumes that San and You are not orbiting each other.
public int FindDistance(string a, string b)
{
if (!allItemsHaveDepth)
{
GetOrbitsCount();
}
int counter = 0;
ObjectNode aNode = GetObject(a, false).GetParent();
ObjectNode bNode = GetObject(b, false).GetParent();
// step upwards on one side until both objects are at the same depth.
while (aNode.Depth < bNode.Depth)
{
counter++;
bNode = bNode.GetParent();
}
while (aNode.Depth > bNode.Depth)
{
counter++;
aNode = aNode.GetParent();
}
// Continue Comparing parents until they share the same parent.
while (aNode.Name != bNode.Name)
{
counter += 2;
aNode = aNode.GetParent();
bNode = bNode.GetParent();
}
return(counter);
}
private void InitRoot()
{
ObjectNode tmp = objects[1];
while (tmp.GetParent() != null)
{
tmp = tmp.GetParent();
}
treeRoot = tmp;
treeRoot.Depth = 0;
}
// After this call, all orbits should have a depth.
public int GetOrbitsCount()
{
int counter = 0;
List <ObjectNode> queue = new List <ObjectNode>();
queue.Add(treeRoot); // initial node
while (queue.Count != 0)
{
// Add Child nodes to the queue
ObjectNode tmp = queue[0];
queue.RemoveAt(0);
foreach (ObjectNode node in tmp.GetChildren())
{
queue.Add(node);
}
// Get depth from parent ~ pseudo recursively.
if (tmp.Depth == -1)
{
tmp.Depth = tmp.GetParent().Depth + 1;
}
counter += tmp.Depth;
}
return(counter);
}
