package design; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.List; /** * Created by gouthamvidyapradhan on 30/11/2017. * * Given a nested list of integers, implement an iterator to flatten it. Each element is either an integer, or a list -- whose elements may also be integers or other lists. Example 1: Given the list [[1,1],2,[1,1]], By calling next repeatedly until hasNext returns false, the order of elements returned by next should be: [1,1,2,1,1]. Example 2: Given the list [1,[4,[6]]], By calling next repeatedly until hasNext returns false, the order of elements returned by next should be: [1,4,6]. */ public class NestedIterator implements Iterator{ private List result; private int curr, size; // This is the interface that allows for creating nested lists. // You should not implement it, or speculate about its implementation public interface NestedInteger{ //@return true if this NestedInteger holds a single integer, rather than a nested list. public boolean isInteger(); // @return the single integer that this NestedInteger holds, if it holds a single integer // Return null if this NestedInteger holds a nested list public Integer getInteger(); // @return the nested list that this NestedInteger holds, if it holds a nested list // Return null if this NestedInteger holds a single integer public List getList(); } public NestedIterator(List nestedList) { this.result = new ArrayList<>(); curr = 0; flatten(result, nestedList); size = result.size(); } @Override public Integer next() { if(curr < size){ return result.get(curr++); } return -1; } @Override public boolean hasNext() { return curr < size; } public static void main(String[] args) { } private void flatten(List flatList, List nestedList){ for(NestedInteger n : nestedList){ if(n.isInteger()){ flatList.add(n.getInteger()); } else{ flatten(flatList, n.getList()); } } } }