/// <summary>
/// Joins adjacent intervals.
/// </summary>
/// <returns> new set with the minimum amount of intervals</returns>
public static IDisjointIntervalSet Consolidate(this IDisjointIntervalSet set)
{
var result = new DisjointIntervalSet();
var orderedList = set.OrderBy(x => x.Start);
var cachedItem = orderedList.FirstOrDefault();
foreach (var item in orderedList.Skip(1))
{
if (cachedItem.IsContiguouslyFollowedBy(item))
{
cachedItem = new Interval(cachedItem.Start, item.End, cachedItem.StartIncluded, item.EndIncluded);
}
else
{
result.Add(cachedItem);
cachedItem = item;
}
}
result.Add(cachedItem);
return(result);
}
