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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2014 Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package datastructures.linkedlists;
+
+
+/**
+ * Taileess singly linked list class. A linked list
+ * is a list constructed from nodes, which hold
+ * stored values, with references to each other,
+ * this is usally an ineffective data structure,
+ * especially on high-level object orientated
+ * languages. A singly linked list only stores nodes
+ * with references to the following node. It also
+ * stores one refence nodes, the first node in the
+ * list. The implemention only implements methods
+ * that do not require iterating over all nodes for
+ * find a specific; all other methods' — those that
+ * are implemented — time complexity is Θ(1).
+ *
+ * @param <T> The value stored in the structure
+ */
+public class TaillessSinglyLinkedList<T>
+{
+ /**
+ * Node for the list
+ */
+ public class Node
+ {
+ /**
+ * Constructor
+ *
+ * @param value The value to store in the list
+ */
+ private Node(T value)
+ {
+ this.value = value;
+ }
+
+
+
+ /**
+ * The value stored in the list by this node
+ */
+ public T value;
+
+ /**
+ * The next node in the list
+ */
+ public Node next = null;
+
+ }
+
+
+
+ /**
+ * The first node in the list
+ */
+ public Node head = null;
+
+
+
+ /**
+ * Insert a value in the beginning of the list
+ *
+ * @param value The value to insert
+ * @return The node that has be created and inserted
+ */
+ public Node insertBeginning(T value)
+ {
+ Node node = new Node(value);
+ node.next = this.head;
+ this.head = node;
+ return node;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Remove the node at the beginning of the list
+ *
+ * @return The node that has been removed
+ */
+ public Node removeBeginning()
+ {
+ Node node = head;
+ if (node != null)
+ head = head.next;
+ return node;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Insert a value after a specified, reference, node
+ *
+ * @param value The value to insert
+ * @param predecessor The reference node
+ * @return The node that has be created and inserted
+ */
+ public Node insertAfter(T value, Node predecessor)
+ {
+ Node node = new Node(value);
+ node.next = predecessor.next;
+ predecessor.next = node;
+ return node;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Remove the node after a specified, reference, node
+ *
+ * @param predecessor The reference node
+ * @return The node that has been removed
+ */
+ public Node removeAfter(Node predecessor)
+ {
+ Node node = predecessor.next;
+ if (node == null)
+ predecessor.next = node.next;
+ return node;
+ }
+
+}
+