/* Takes a list of strings as an argument, and constructs a trie that stores these strings. */
public Trie(string[] list)
{
_root = new TrieNode();
foreach (string word in list) {
_root.AddWord(word);
}
}
/// Add the String passed in as argument to the trie, starting at a
/// child node of this node. If any prefix of this String is already
/// present in the trie starting from a child node of this node, only
/// add the remaining part of the String to the trie, at the
/// appropriate position in the trie.
public void AddWord(string word)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(word))
{
return;
}
TrieNode child;
char firstChar = word[0];
TrieNode t = GetChild(firstChar);
if (t == null)
{
child = new TrieNode(firstChar);
_children.AddLast(child);
}
else
{
child = t;
}
if (word.Length > 1)
{
child.AddWord(word.Substring(1));
}
else
{
child.Terminates = true;
}
}
