private static bool FirstSiblingsFollowsRuleForMerging(
ScheduledHeap ptr, ScheduledHeap nextPtr, ScheduledHeap nextNextPtr)
{
return(ptr.getDegree() == nextPtr.getDegree() &&
(nextNextPtr == null ||
nextPtr.getDegree() != nextNextPtr.getDegree()));
}
private static ScheduledHeap goThroughFromWhileThatHasLargerDegree(
ScheduledHeap ptr, ScheduledHeap that)
{
while (that.getDegree() > ptr.getDegree() && ptr.sibling != null)
{
ptr = ptr.sibling;
}
return(ptr);
}