package com.thealgorithms.backtracking;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Node class represents a graph node. Each node is associated with a color
* (initially 1) and contains a set of edges representing its adjacent nodes.
*
* @author Bama Charan Chhandogi (https://github.com/BamaCharanChhandogi)
*/
class Node {
int color = 1; // Initial color for each node
Set<Integer> edges = new HashSet<Integer>(); // Set of edges representing adjacent nodes
}
/**
* MColoring class solves the M-Coloring problem where the goal is to determine
* if it's possible to color a graph using at most M colors such that no two
* adjacent nodes have the same color.
*/
public final class MColoring {
private MColoring() {
} // Prevent instantiation of utility class
/**
* Determines whether it is possible to color the graph using at most M colors.
*
* @param nodes List of nodes representing the graph.
* @param n The total number of nodes in the graph.
* @param m The maximum number of allowed colors.
* @return true if the graph can be colored using M colors, false otherwise.
*/
static boolean isColoringPossible(ArrayList<Node> nodes, int n, int m) {
// Visited array keeps track of whether each node has been processed.
ArrayList<Integer> visited = new ArrayList<Integer>();
for (int i = 0; i < n + 1; i++) {
visited.add(0); // Initialize all nodes as unvisited (0)
}
// The number of colors used so far (initially set to 1, since all nodes
// start with color 1).
int maxColors = 1;
// Loop through all the nodes to ensure every node is visited, in case the
// graph is disconnected.
for (int sv = 1; sv <= n; sv++) {
if (visited.get(sv) > 0) {
continue; // Skip nodes that are already visited
}
// If the node is unvisited, mark it as visited and add it to the queue for BFS.
visited.set(sv, 1);
Queue<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();
q.add(sv);
// Perform BFS to process all nodes and their adjacent nodes
while (q.size() != 0) {
int top = q.peek(); // Get the current node from the queue
q.remove();
// Check all adjacent nodes of the current node
for (int it : nodes.get(top).edges) {
// If the adjacent node has the same color as the current node, increment its
// color to avoid conflict.
if (nodes.get(top).color == nodes.get(it).color) {
nodes.get(it).color += 1;
}
// Keep track of the maximum number of colors used so far
maxColors = Math.max(maxColors, Math.max(nodes.get(top).color, nodes.get(it).color));
// If the number of colors used exceeds the allowed limit M, return false.
if (maxColors > m) {
return false;
}
// If the adjacent node hasn't been visited yet, mark it as visited and add it
// to the queue for further processing.
if (visited.get(it) == 0) {
visited.set(it, 1);
q.add(it);
}
}
}
}
return true; // Possible to color the entire graph with M or fewer colors.
}
}