April 2018
Intermediate to advanced
292 pages
6h 44m
English
In the previous example, you saw how to use integer values as data for each node in a tree. However, it is also possible to store instances of user-defined classes in nodes. In this example, you will see how to create a tree presenting the structure of a company, divided into three main departments: development, research, and sales.
Within each department there can be another structure, such as in the case of the development team. Here, John Smith is Head of Development. He is a boss for Chris Morris, who is a manager for two junior developers, Eric Green and Ashley Lopez. The latter is also a supervisor of Emily Young, who is a Developer Intern.
An example tree is shown in the following diagram:
As you can see, ...