BFS:
/**
* Return the length of the shortest path between root and target node.
*/
int BFS(Node root, Node target) {
Queue<Node> queue; // store all nodes which are waiting to be processed
int step = 0; // number of steps neeeded from root to current node
// initialize
add root to queue;
// BFS
while (queue is not empty) {
step = step + 1;
// iterate the nodes which are already in the queue
int size = queue.size();
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
Node cur = the first node in queue;
return step if cur is target;
for (Node next : the neighbors of cur) {
add next to queue;
}
remove the first node from queue;
}
}
return -1; // there is no path from root to target
}
DFS:
/*
* Return true if there is a path from cur to target.
*/
boolean DFS(Node cur, Node target, Set<Node> visited) {
return true if cur is target;
for (next : each neighbor of cur) {
if (next is not in visited) {
add next to visted;
return true if DFS(next, target, visited) == true;
}
}
return false;
}