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package edu.cmu.tetrad.util;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Iterates through all the posible combinations for a set of variables (each
 * with a different number of possible values). For example, if the number
 * of values for each variable is two, this would iterate through a truth table.
 * Not to be confused with a combinatorial (taking n values from m possible
 * values).
 *
 * @author Juan Casares
 */
public class CombinationIterator implements Iterator {
    private final int[] values;
    private final int[] maxValues;
    private final int numValues;
    private boolean hasNext;

    /**
     * Creates a combination set for a set of variables with the given number of
     * maxValues
     *
     * @param maxValues An int array consisting of the maximum values of each variable,
     *                  in order.
     */
    public CombinationIterator(int[] maxValues) {
        this.numValues = maxValues.length;
        this.values = new int[this.numValues];
        this.maxValues = maxValues;
        this.hasNext = true;
    }

    /**
     * @return true iff there is still a combination that has not been returned
     * by the next() method.
     */
    public boolean hasNext() {
        return this.hasNext;
    }

    /**
     * @return an int[] array with the next combination.
     */
    public int[] next() {
        int[] clone = new int[this.numValues];
        System.arraycopy(this.values, 0, clone, 0, this.numValues);

        int i;
        for (i = this.numValues - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if (this.values[i] + 1 < this.maxValues[i]) {
                break;
            }
        }

        if (i < 0) {
            this.hasNext = false;
        } else {
            this.values[i]++;
            for (int j = i + 1; j < this.numValues; j++) {
                this.values[j] = 0;
            }
        }

        return clone;
    }

    /**
     *
     */
    public void remove() {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
}





