public static int GetDescendantDepth(AncestralTree descendant, AncestralTree topAncestor)
{
int depth = 0;
while (descendant != topAncestor)
{
depth++;
descendant = descendant.ancestor;
}
return(depth);
}
public static AncestralTree GetYoungestCommonAncestor(AncestralTree topAncestor, AncestralTree descendantOne, AncestralTree descendantTwo)
{
int depthOne = GetDescendantDepth(descendantOne, topAncestor);
int depthTwo = GetDescendantDepth(descendantTwo, topAncestor);
if (depthOne > depthTwo)
{
return(BackTrackAncestralTree(descendantOne, descendantTwo, depthOne - depthTwo));
}
else
{
return(BackTrackAncestralTree(descendantTwo, descendantOne, depthTwo - depthOne));
}
}
public static AncestralTree BackTrackAncestralTree(AncestralTree lowerDescendant, AncestralTree higherDescendant, int diff)
{
while (diff > 0)
{
lowerDescendant = lowerDescendant.ancestor;
diff--;
}
while (lowerDescendant != higherDescendant)
{
lowerDescendant = lowerDescendant.ancestor;
higherDescendant = higherDescendant.ancestor;
}
return(lowerDescendant);
}
public AncestralTree(char name)
{
this.name = name;
this.ancestor = null;
}