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Graph::Traversal(3) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Graph::Traversal(3) |
NAME¶
Graph::Traversal - traverse graphs
SYNOPSIS¶
Don't use Graph::Traversal directly, use Graph::Traversal::DFS or Graph::Traversal::BFS instead.
use Graph; my $g = Graph->new; $g->add_edge(...); use Graph::Traversal::...; my $t = Graph::Traversal::...->new($g, %opt); $t->...
DESCRIPTION¶
You can control how the graph is traversed by the various callback parameters in the %opt. In the parameters descriptions below the $u and $v are vertices, and the $self is the traversal object itself.
Callback parameters¶
The following callback parameters are available:
- tree_edge
- Called when traversing an edge that belongs to the traversal tree. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- non_tree_edge
- Called when an edge is met which either leads back to the traversal tree (either a "back_edge", a "down_edge", or a "cross_edge"). Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- pre_edge
- Called for edges in preorder. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- post_edge
- Called for edges in postorder. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- back_edge
- Called for back edges. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- down_edge
- Called for down edges. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- cross_edge
- Called for cross edges. Called with arguments ($u, $v, $self).
- pre
- pre_vertex
- Called for vertices in preorder. Called with arguments ($v, $self).
- post
- post_vertex
- Called for vertices in postorder. Called with arguments ($v, $self).
- first_root
- Called when choosing the first root (start) vertex for traversal. Called with arguments ($self, $unseen) where $unseen is a hash reference with the unseen vertices as keys.
- next_root
- Called when choosing the next root (after the first one) vertex for traversal (useful when the graph is not connected). Called with arguments ($self, $unseen) where $unseen is a hash reference with the unseen vertices as keys. If you want only the first reachable subgraph to be processed, set the next_root to "undef".
- start
- Identical to defining "first_root" and undefining "next_root".
- next_alphabetic
- Set this to true if you want the vertices to be processed in alphabetic order (and leave first_root/next_root undefined).
- next_numeric
- Set this to true if you want the vertices to be processed in numeric order (and leave first_root/next_root undefined).
- next_successor
- Called when choosing the next vertex to visit. Called with arguments ($self, $next) where $next is a hash reference with the possible next vertices as keys. Use this to provide a custom ordering for choosing vertices, as opposed to "next_numeric" or "next_alphabetic".
The parameters "first_root" and "next_successor" have a 'hierarchy' of how they are determined: if they have been explicitly defined, use that value. If not, use the value of "next_alphabetic", if that has been defined. If not, use the value of "next_numeric", if that has been defined. If not, the next vertex to be visited is chosen randomly.
Methods¶
The following methods are available:
- unseen
- Return the unseen vertices in random order.
- seen
- Return the seen vertices in random order.
- seeing
- Return the active fringe vertices in random order.
- preorder
- Return the vertices in preorder traversal order.
- postorder
- Return the vertices in postorder traversal order.
- vertex_by_preorder
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$v = $t->vertex_by_preorder($i)
Return the ith (0..$V-1) vertex by preorder.
- preorder_by_vertex
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$i = $t->preorder_by_vertex($v)
Return the preorder index (0..$V-1) by vertex.
- vertex_by_postorder
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$v = $t->vertex_by_postorder($i)
Return the ith (0..$V-1) vertex by postorder.
- postorder_by_vertex
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$i = $t->postorder_by_vertex($v)
Return the postorder index (0..$V-1) by vertex.
- preorder_vertices
- Return a hash with the vertices as the keys and their preorder indices as the values.
- postorder_vertices
- Return a hash with the vertices as the keys and their postorder indices as the values.
- tree
- Return the traversal tree as a graph.
- has_state
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$t->has_state('s')
Test whether the traversal has state 's' attached to it.
- get_state
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$t->get_state('s')
Get the state 's' attached to the traversal ("undef" if none).
- set_state
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$t->set_state('s', $s)
Set the state 's' attached to the traversal.
- delete_state
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$t->delete_state('s')
Delete the state 's' from the traversal.
Special callbacks¶
If in a callback you call the special "terminate" method, the traversal is terminated, no more vertices are traversed.
SEE ALSO¶
Graph::Traversal::DFS, Graph::Traversal::BFS
AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT¶
Jarkko Hietaniemi jhi@iki.fi
LICENSE¶
This module is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
2024-07-01 | perl v5.40.0 |