/**
* Represents a node in a Trie data structure.
*/
class TrieNode {
/**
* An object that stores child nodes for each character in the alphabet.
*/
children: { [key: string]: TrieNode } = {}
/**
* Indicates whether the node represents the end of a word.
*/
isWord: boolean = false
}
/**
* Trie Data structure for storing and searching words.
*/
export class Trie {
/**
* The root node of the Trie.
*/
root: TrieNode = new TrieNode()
/**
* Creates a new Trie instance.
*/
constructor() {}
/**
* Inserts a word into the Trie.
*
* @param word - The word to insert into the Trie.
*/
private insertNode(node: TrieNode, word: string): void {
for (const char of word) {
if (!node.children[char]) {
node.children[char] = new TrieNode()
}
node = node.children[char]
}
node.isWord = true
}
/**
* Searches for a word in the Trie.
*
* @param word - The word to search for.
* @param isPrefixMatch - Indicates whether to perform a prefix match (default: false).
* If true, the method returns true if the Trie contains words with the specified prefix.
* If false, the method returns true only if an exact match is found.
* @returns True if the word (or prefix) is found in the Trie; otherwise, false.
*/
public find(word: string, isPrefixMatch: boolean = false): boolean {
return this.searchNode(this.root, word, isPrefixMatch)
}
/**
* Adds a word to the Trie.
*
* @param word - The word to add to the Trie.
* @returns The Trie instance, allowing for method chaining.
*/
public add(word: string): this {
this.insertNode(this.root, word)
return this
}
/**
* Searches for a word in the Trie.
*
* @param node - The current Trie node being examined.
* @param word - The word to search for.
* @param prefixMatch - Indicates whether to perform a prefix match.
* @returns True if the word (or prefix) is found in the Trie; otherwise, false.
* @private
*/
private searchNode(
node: TrieNode,
word: string,
prefixMatch: boolean
): boolean {
for (const char of word) {
if (!node.children[char]) {
return false
}
node = node.children[char]
}
return prefixMatch || node.isWord
}
}