Exemplo n.º 1
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 /// <summary>
 /// This function is a pre-order, DFS recursive traversal function
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="person">Current person node</param>
 /// <param name="descendantName">Requested person</param>
 /// <returns>requested descendant</returns>
 public Person GetDescendant(Person person, string descendantName)
 {
     // Always inspect person before calling recursion (this is true when we're on the requested person)
     if (person.Name == descendantName) return person;
     // Cycle thru descendants
     foreach (Person p in person.Descendants) {
         // Call recursion and capture return value
         Person temp = GetDescendant(p, descendantName);
         // Inspect return value (this is true when we have found the requested person and are propagating them up)
         if (temp != null && temp.Name == descendantName) return temp;
     }
     // This will be reached once we reach the end of a branch w/o finding our person on that branch
     // This return value will be skipped over in the above foreach loop, thus allowing our requested person to propagate to the intial call
     return null;
 }
Exemplo n.º 2
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 /// <summary>
 /// This method initates a recursive Depth-First-Search
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="person">Person node</param>
 /// <param name="descendantName">Requested person</param>
 /// <returns>Person's Birthday property as string. If null, returns Null string object.</returns>
 public string GetBirthMonth(Person person, string descendantName)
 {
     try
     {
         System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo mfi = new System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo();
         // Find person using recursive function
         return mfi.GetMonthName(GetDescendant(person, descendantName).Birthday.Month).ToString();
     }
     // If person is not in list of descendants, GetDescendant will return the empty string
     catch (NullReferenceException e)
     {
         Trace.Write("\n\n" + e.Message + "\n" + e.StackTrace + "\n\n");
         return "";
     }
 }