/// <summary>
/// This is a recursive method which is responsible for integration the specified
/// node inside the tree.
/// </summary>
private void IntegrateTerminalNodeRecurse(SphereTreeNode <T> nodeToIntegrate, SphereTreeNode <T> parentNode)
{
// If this node still has room for children, we will add the integration node here. This 'if' statement
// will also handle the special case in which only the root node currently exists inside the tree.
if (parentNode.NumberOfChildren < _numberOfChildNodesPerNode)
{
// Add the node as a child of the parent node and ensure that the root node encapsulates it
parentNode.AddChild(nodeToIntegrate);
parentNode.EncapsulateChildNode(nodeToIntegrate);
}
else
{
// If there is no more room, we will proceed by choosing one of the parent's children which
// is closest to the node that we want to integrate. We choose the closest node because when
// the node will be added as a child of it, we want the parent to grow as little as possible.
List <SphereTreeNode <T> > children = parentNode.Children;
SphereTreeNode <T> closestChild = FindClosestNode(children, nodeToIntegrate);
if (closestChild == null)
{
return;
}
// If the closest child is not a terminal node, recurse.
if (!closestChild.IsTerminal)
{
IntegrateTerminalNodeRecurse(nodeToIntegrate, closestChild);
}
else
{
// If we reached a terminal node, we create a new node which encapsulates 'closestChild' and 'nodeToIntegrate'
// and then we replace 'closestChild' with this new node. The first step is to create the sphere of this
// new node. It doesn't matter how big this sphere is initially because we will call 'EncapsulateChildNode'
// later.
Sphere newNodeSphere = closestChild.Sphere;
// Create the node using the sphere we just calculated
SphereTreeNode <T> newNode = new SphereTreeNode <T>(newNodeSphere, this, default(T));
newNode.SetFlag(SphereTreeNodeFlags.SuperSphere);
// Replace 'closestChild' with the new node and add both 'closestChild' and 'nodeToIntegrate' as children of it
parentNode.RemoveChild(closestChild);
parentNode.AddChild(newNode);
newNode.AddChild(nodeToIntegrate);
newNode.AddChild(closestChild);
// Encapsulate the children inside the new node
newNode.EncapsulateChildNode(closestChild);
newNode.EncapsulateChildNode(nodeToIntegrate);
// Ensure that the new node is fully contained inside the parent node
parentNode.EncapsulateChildNode(newNode);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates the tree nodes from the specified list of serialized nodes.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// The tree root node.
/// </returns>
private SphereTreeNode <T> CreateTreeNodesFromSerializedNodes <SerializableNodeType>(List <SerializableNodeType> serializedNodes) where SerializableNodeType : SerializableSphereTreeNode <T>, new()
{
var allNodes = new List <SphereTreeNode <T> >();
foreach (var serializedNode in serializedNodes)
{
// Create the actual node instance and store it in the node list
var node = new SphereTreeNode <T>(new Sphere(serializedNode.SphereCenter, serializedNode.SphereRadius), this, serializedNode.NodeData);
node.SetFlag(serializedNode.Flags);
allNodes.Add(node);
// If the node has a parent, establish the parent-child relationship
if (serializedNode.ParentNodeIndex >= 0)
{
SphereTreeNode <T> parentNode = allNodes[serializedNode.ParentNodeIndex];
parentNode.AddChild(node);
}
}
// Return the root node
return(allNodes[0]);
}