Introduction #

This tutorial is part of a collection tutorials on basic data structures and algorithms that are created using Kotlin. This project is useful if you are trying to get more fluency in Kotlin or need a refresher to do interview prep for software engineering roles.

How to run this project #

You can get the code for this and all the other tutorials in this collection from this github repo. Here’s a screen capture of project in this repo in action.

Once you’ve cloned the repo, type ./gradlew run in order to build and run this project from the command line.

Importing this project into JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA #

  • This project was created using JetBrains Idea as a Gradle and Kotlin project (more info). - When you import this project into Idea as a Gradle project, make sure not to check “Offline work” (which if checked, won’t allow the gradle dependencies to be downloaded). - As of Jun 24 2018, Java 10 doesn’t work w/ this gradle distribution (v4.4.x), so you can use Java 9 or 8, or upgrade to a newer version of gradle (4.8+).

Undirected graphs #

Here’s code in Kotlin that describes undirected graphs with an adjacency list to represent the edges. For more info, check out this website.

  • The adjacency list is stored in a HashMap, which holds a HashSet of nodes.

  • We use a HashSet instead of LinkedHashSet because the order of insertion doesn’t really matter. This is also why we don’t use TreeSet, since the edges don’t need to be sorted.

  • A node / vertex in this graph can be of any class (T).

Here’s an image of an undirected graph.

/**
 * [More info](https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/graph-and-its-representations/).
 */
class Graph<T> {
    val adjacencyMap: HashMap<T, HashSet<T>> = HashMap()

    fun addEdge(sourceVertex: T, destinationVertex: T) {
        // Add edge to source vertex / node.
        adjacencyMap
            .computeIfAbsent(sourceVertex) { HashSet() }
            .add(destinationVertex)
        // Add edge to destination vertex / node.
        adjacencyMap
            .computeIfAbsent(destinationVertex) { HashSet() }
            .add(sourceVertex)
    }

    override fun toString(): String = StringBuffer().apply {
        for (key in adjacencyMap.keys) {
            append("$key -> ")
            append(adjacencyMap[key]?.joinToString(", ", "[", "]\n"))
        }
    }.toString()
}

DFS #

To do a depth first traversal of the graph, here’s some code that uses a Stack (LIFO).

/**
 * Depth first traversal leverages a [Stack] (LIFO).
 *
 * It's possible to use recursion instead of using this iterative
 * implementation using a [Stack].
 * Also, this algorithm is almost the same as [breadthFirstTraversal],
 * except that [Stack] (LIFO) is replaced w/ a [Queue] (FIFO).
 *
 * [More info](https://stackoverflow.com/a/35031174/2085356).
 */
fun <T> depthFirstTraversal(graph: Graph<T>, startNode: T): String {
    // Mark all the vertices / nodes as not visited.
    val visited = mutableSetOf<T>()

    // Create a stack for DFS. Both ArrayDeque and LinkedList implement Deque.
    val stack: Deque<T> = ArrayDeque()

    // Initial step -> add the startNode to the stack.
    stack.push(startNode)

    // Store the sequence in which nodes are visited, for return value.
    val traversalList = mutableListOf<T>()

    // Traverse the graph.
    while (stack.isNotEmpty()) {
        // Pop the node off the top of the stack.
        val currentNode = stack.pop()

        if (!visited.contains(currentNode)) {

            // Store this for the result.
            traversalList.add(currentNode)

            // Mark the current node visited and add to the traversal list.
            visited.add(currentNode)

            // Add nodes in the adjacency map.
            graph.adjacencyMap[currentNode]?.forEach { node ->
                stack.push(node)
            }

        }

    }

    return traversalList.joinToString()
}

BFS #

To do a breadth first traversal of the graph, here’s some code that uses a Queue (FIFO). The following implementation doesn’t use recursion, and also keeps track of the depth as it’s traversing the graph. We also have to keep track of which nodes are visited and unvisited, so that we don’t backtrack and revisit node that have already been visited. The depthMap is optional as it is used to track the depth of the nodes, and used to stop traversal beyond a given maxDepth.

/**
 * Breadth first traversal leverages a [Queue] (FIFO).
 */
fun <T> breadthFirstTraversal(graph: Graph<T>,
                              startNode: T,
                              maxDepth: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE): String {
    //
    // Setup.
    //

    // Mark all the vertices / nodes as not visited. And keep track of sequence
    // in which nodes are visited, for return value.
    class Visited {
        val traversalList = mutableListOf<T>()

        val visitedSet = mutableSetOf<T>()

        fun isNotVisited(node: T): Boolean = !visited.contains(node)

        fun markVisitedAndAddToTraversalList(node: T) {
            visited.add(node)
            traversalList.add(node)
        }
    }

    val visited = Visited()

    // Keep track of the depth of each node, so that more than maxDepth nodes
    // aren't visited.
    val depthMap = mutableMapOf<T, Int>().apply {
        for (node in graph.adjacencyMap.keys) this[node] = Int.MAX_VALUE
    }

    // Create a queue for BFS.
    class Queue {
        val deck: Deque<T> = ArrayDeque<T>()
        fun add(node: T, depth: Int) {
            // Add to the tail of the queue.
            deck.add(node)
            // Record the depth of this node.
            depthMap[node] = depth
        }

        fun addAdjacentNodes(currentNode: T, depth: Int) {
            for (node in graph.adjacencyMap[currentNode]!!) {
                add(node, depth)
            }
        }

        fun isNotEmpty() = deck.isNotEmpty()
        fun remove() = deck.remove()
    }

    val queue = Queue()

    //
    // Algorithm implementation.
    //

    // Initial step -> add the startNode to the queue.
    queue.add(startNode, /* depth= */0)

    // Traverse the graph
    while (queue.isNotEmpty()) {
        // Remove the item at the head of the queue.
        val currentNode = queue.remove()
        val currentDepth = depthMap[currentNode]!!

        if (currentDepth <= maxDepth) {
            if (visited.isNotVisited(currentNode)) {
                // Mark the current node visited and add to traversal list.
                visited.markVisitedAndAddToTraversalList(currentNode)
                // Add nodes in the adjacency map.
                queue.addAdjacentNodes(currentNode, /* depth= */currentDepth + 1)
            }
        }

    }

    return visited.traversalList.toString()
}

BFS and DFS traversal for binary trees #

To see a similar implementation of BFS and DFS traversal for binary trees, please refer to the Binary-Trees tutorial. Note that the binary tree traversal algorithm doesn’t need to have a map to mark visited nodes.

Stacks and Queues #

To learn more about stacks and queues, please refer to the Queues tutorial.

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