Open.Hierarchy 1.8.1

Open.Hierarchy

Node<T>

One of the important abilities of Node<T> and its supporting classes is to allow for creating and modifying tree structures that only have a parent to child relationship. It's important to ensure that a node cannot occur multiple times in a tree but an instance of its value can occur any number of times. This facilitates potential 'value sub-trees' that can have duplicate references but not duplicate instances. By using Node<T> as a container, a single instance can exist multiple times in a tree but still be uniquely identifiable by its position.

Node<T>.Factory

Blank Instance

Calling .GetBlankNode() will retrieve a blank node from the underlying object pool or create a new one.

Mapping

Calling .Map(root) generates node hierarchy map based upon if the root or any of its children implement IParent.

Cloning

Calling .Clone(node) creates a copy of the node map.

Recycling

Node<T> instances can be recycled by calling the Factory.Recycle(node) method. The node itself and its children are torn down and recycled to an object pool.

WARNING: The Factory.Recycle(node) method is the one point of potential trouble if multiple references are retained. It must be used with care.