Amazon Interview Question for Software Engineers


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public class Graph<T> {
	Set<Edge<T>> edges;
}

public class Edge<T> {
	private Vertex<T> end1;
	private Vertex<T> end2;
}
public class Vertex<T> {
	private T value;
	private List<Edge<T>> connections;
}
public class CityMerger<T> {
	public void merge(Graph<T> graph, Vertex<T> v1, Vertex<T> v2, T value) {
		Set<Edge<T>> edges = graph.getEdges();
		Iterator<Edge<T>> it = edges.iterator();
		Set<Vertex<T>> uniqueVertices = new HashSet<>();
		while(it.hasNext()) {
			Edge<T> edge = it.next();
			Vertex<T> end2 = edge.getEnd2();
			if(end2.equals(v1) || end2.equals(v2)) {
				uniqueVertices.add(edge.getEnd1());
				edges.remove(edge); // No longer needed as we will create a new Edge to the merged vertex
			}
		}
		// Create a new Vertex
		Vertex<T> mergedVertex = new Vertex<>();
		mergedVertex.setValue(value);
		// Create connections for this
		Iterator<Vertex<T>> itV = uniqueVertices.iterator();
		while(itV.hasNext()) {
			Vertex<T> edge = itV.next();
			Edge<T> edgeToMergedVertex = new Edge<>(); // New edge to the merged vertices
			edgeToMergedVertex.setEnd1(edge);
			edgeToMergedVertex.setEnd2(mergedVertex);
			edges.add(edgeToMergedVertex);
		}
	}
}

- Anonymous February 25, 2016 | Flag Reply
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The output doesn't make sense.

Notice that in the input there is no separate entry for 4->6 or 3->4->6....
so 7->6 is not necessary..

These 3 lines are sufficient enough
1->7->6
2->7->6
5->7->6

- ravi March 19, 2016 | Flag Reply


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