/// <summary>
/// Creates a rope from the specified input.
/// This operation runs in O(N).
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">input is null.</exception>
public Rope(IEnumerable <T> input)
{
if (input == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("input");
}
Rope <T> inputRope = input as Rope <T>;
if (inputRope != null)
{
// clone ropes instead of copying them
inputRope.root.Publish();
this.root = inputRope.root;
}
else
{
string text = input as string;
if (text != null)
{
// if a string is IEnumerable<T>, then T must be char
((Rope <char>)(object) this).root = CharRope.InitFromString(text);
}
else
{
T[] arr = ToArray(input);
this.root = RopeNode <T> .CreateFromArray(arr, 0, arr.Length);
}
}
this.root.CheckInvariants();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a rope from a part of the array.
/// This operation runs in O(N).
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">input is null.</exception>
public Rope(T[] array, int arrayIndex, int count)
{
VerifyArrayWithRange(array, arrayIndex, count);
this.root = RopeNode <T> .CreateFromArray(array, arrayIndex, count);
this.root.CheckInvariants();
}
internal static RopeNode <char> InitFromString(string text)
{
char[] arr = text.ToCharArray();
return(RopeNode <char> .CreateFromArray(arr, 0, arr.Length));
/*
* if (text.Length == 0) {
* return RopeNode<char>.emptyRopeNode;
* }
* RopeNode<char> node = RopeNode<char>.CreateNodes(text.Length);
* // 'TODO: store data
* return node;
*/
}