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package org.apache.samoa.learners.classifiers.trees;

/**
 * Class that represents the necessary data structure of the node where an instance is routed/filtered through the
 * decision tree model.
 * 
 * @author Arinto Murdopo
 * 
 */
public final class FoundNode implements java.io.Serializable {

  /**
	 * 
	 */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -637695387934143293L;

  private Node node;
  private final SplitNode parent;
  private final int parentBranch;

  FoundNode(Node node, SplitNode splitNode, int parentBranch) {
    this.node = node;
    this.parent = splitNode;
    this.parentBranch = parentBranch;
  }

  /**
   * Method to get the node where an instance is routed/filtered through the decision tree model for testing and
   * training.
   * 
   * @return The node where the instance is routed/filtered
   */
  public Node getNode() {
    return this.node;
  }

  /**
   * Method to set the node where an instance is routed/filtered through the decision tree model for testing and
   * training. The method is expected to be used when the original FoundNode object had null node property.
   * This is to add a reference to a newly established node object.
   * 
   * @param node  the node reference to be inserted
   */
  void setNode(Node node) {
    this.node = node;
  }

  /**
   * Method to get the parent of the node where an instance is routed/filtered through the decision tree model for
   * testing and training
   * 
   * @return The parent of the node
   */
  public SplitNode getParent() {
    return this.parent;
  }

  /**
   * Method to get the index of the node (where an instance is routed/filtered through the decision tree model for
   * testing and training) in its parent.
   * 
   * @return The index of the node in its parent node.
   */
  public int getParentBranch() {
    return this.parentBranch;
  }

}