public static string Dump(Node root)
{
StringBuilder nodeDump = new StringBuilder();
Dump(root, nodeDump, String.Empty);
return nodeDump.ToString();
}
public void RunProgram()
{
var root =
new Node(
"a",
new Node(
"b",
new Node(
"c",
new Node("d")
),
new Node(
"e",
new Node("f")
)
),
new Node(
"g",
new Node(
"h",
new Node("i")
),
new Node("j")
)
);
string output = DepthFirstDumper.Dump(root);
File.WriteAllText(@"C:\tmp\treedump.txt", output);
Console.WriteLine(output);
}
private static void Dump(Node node, StringBuilder nodeDump, string prefix)
{
nodeDump.AppendLine(node.Text);
for (int i = 0; i < node.Children.Count; i++)
{
bool isLastChild = i + 1 == node.Children.Count;
nodeDump.Append(prefix);
nodeDump.Append(isLastChild ? '└' : '├');
nodeDump.Append('─');
Dump(node.Children[i], nodeDump, prefix + (isLastChild ? " " : "│ "));
}
}