Generic Binary tree from Text File

Question

I am trying to make a generic binary tree that is created from a text file. I am looking for the best way and correctly do so and already tried. In my first method is BinaryTree(Scanner) is what creates the tree from a Scanner tied to the file. Then leftInsert() inserts left and rightInsert() inserts right and I hope those are correct too. But I am not sure how to make the text file correctly in order for the tree to be made as well.

Text File:

    A
    B
    C
    D 
    E
    F        

Generic Binary Tree Class:

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

private class Nodes<E> {

    public E value;
    public Nodes<E> leftChild;
    public Nodes<E> rightChild;

    public Nodes(E value) {
        leftChild = null;
        rightChild = null;
        this.value = value;
    }
}

public class BinaryTree<E> {

private Node root;


// biggest issue here
public BinaryTree(Scanner){
// reads a file to create a tree
}

public void leftInsert(Nodes<E> Node, E value) {

    if ((value).compareTo(Node.value) < 0) {

        if (Node.leftChild == null) {

            Node.leftChild = new Nodes<E>(value);

        } else {

            leftInsert(Node.leftChild, value);

        }
    }

}

public void rightInsert(Nodes<E> Node, E value) {

    if ((value).compareTo(Node.value) >= 0) {

        if (Node.rightChild == null) {

            Node.rightChild = new Nodes<E>(value);

        } else {

            rightInsert(Node.rightChild, value);

        }
    }

}
}

Answer 1

Yay! :D

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.regex.*;
public class Tree {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        (new Tree()).build();
    }
    private ArrayList<Node> nodes;
    private ArrayList<Link> links;
    public void build() {
        nodes = new ArrayList<Node>();
        links = new ArrayList<Link>();
        // Read in nodes and links
/*
    A
   / \
  B   C
 / \
D   E
   / \
  F   G
*/
        String input = "    A\n   / \\\n  B   C\n / \\\nD   E\n   / \\\n  F   G";
        int y = 0;
        for (String line : input.split("\n")) {
            Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("[A-Z]").matcher(line);
            while (matcher.find()) {
                Node node = new Node();
                node.name = matcher.group();
                node.x = matcher.start();
                node.y = y;
                nodes.add(node);
            }
            matcher = Pattern.compile("[/\\\\]").matcher(line);
            while (matcher.find()) {
                Link link = new Link();
                link.x = matcher.start();
                link.y = y;
                links.add(link);
            }
            ++y;
        }
        // Join the nodes
        for (Node node : nodes) {
            Node left = getNodeAt(node.x - 2, node.y + 2);
            if (left != null && hasLinkAt(node.x - 1, node.y + 1))
                node.left = left;
            Node right = getNodeAt(node.x + 2, node.y + 2);
            if (right != null && hasLinkAt(node.x + 1, node.y + 1))
                node.right = right;
        }
        // Great success!
        nodes.get(0).print(0);
    }
    private Node getNodeAt(int x, int y) {
        for (Node node : nodes)
            if (node.x == x && node.y == y)
                return node;
        return null;
    }
    private boolean hasLinkAt(int x, int y) {
        for (Link link : links)
            if (link.x == x && link.y == y)
                return true;
        return false;
    }
    private class Node {
        private int x, y;
        private String name;
        private Node left, right;
        public void print(int indent) {
            String indentString = "";
            for (int i = 0; i < indent; ++i, indentString += "    ") {}
            System.out.println(indentString + name + ": {");
            if (left != null)
                left.print(indent + 1);
            if (right != null)
                right.print(indent + 1);
            System.out.println(indentString + "}");
        }
    }
    private class Link {
        private int x, y;
    }
}

Output to prove great success:

A: {
    B: {
        D: {
        }
        E: {
            F: {
            }
            G: {
            }
        }
    }
    C: {
    }
}