package com.thealgorithms.strings;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
/**
* A class to perform string matching using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine">finite automata</a>.
*
* @author <a href="https://github.com/prateekKrOraon">Prateek Kumar Oraon</a>
*/
public final class StringMatchFiniteAutomata {
// Constants
private static final int CHARS = Character.MAX_VALUE + 1; // Total number of characters in the input alphabet
// Private constructor to prevent instantiation
private StringMatchFiniteAutomata() {
}
/**
* Searches for the pattern in the given text using finite automata.
*
* @param text The text to search within.
* @param pattern The pattern to search for.
*/
public static Set<Integer> searchPattern(final String text, final String pattern) {
final var stateTransitionTable = computeStateTransitionTable(pattern);
FiniteAutomata finiteAutomata = new FiniteAutomata(stateTransitionTable);
Set<Integer> indexFound = new TreeSet<>();
for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
finiteAutomata.consume(text.charAt(i));
if (finiteAutomata.getState() == pattern.length()) {
indexFound.add(i - pattern.length() + 1);
}
}
return indexFound;
}
/**
* Computes the finite automata table for the given pattern.
*
* @param pattern The pattern to preprocess.
* @return The state transition table.
*/
private static int[][] computeStateTransitionTable(final String pattern) {
final int patternLength = pattern.length();
int[][] stateTransitionTable = new int[patternLength + 1][CHARS];
for (int state = 0; state <= patternLength; ++state) {
for (int x = 0; x < CHARS; ++x) {
stateTransitionTable[state][x] = getNextState(pattern, patternLength, state, x);
}
}
return stateTransitionTable;
}
/**
* Gets the next state for the finite automata.
*
* @param pattern The pattern being matched.
* @param patternLength The length of the pattern.
* @param state The current state.
* @param x The current character from the input alphabet.
* @return The next state.
*/
private static int getNextState(final String pattern, final int patternLength, final int state, final int x) {
// If the current state is less than the length of the pattern
// and the character matches the pattern character, go to the next state
if (state < patternLength && x == pattern.charAt(state)) {
return state + 1;
}
// Check for the highest prefix which is also a suffix
for (int ns = state; ns > 0; ns--) {
if (pattern.charAt(ns - 1) == x) {
boolean match = true;
for (int i = 0; i < ns - 1; i++) {
if (pattern.charAt(i) != pattern.charAt(state - ns + i + 1)) {
match = false;
break;
}
}
if (match) {
return ns;
}
}
}
// If no prefix which is also a suffix is found, return 0
return 0;
}
/**
* A class representing the finite automata for pattern matching.
*/
private static final class FiniteAutomata {
private int state = 0;
private final int[][] stateTransitionTable;
private FiniteAutomata(int[][] stateTransitionTable) {
this.stateTransitionTable = stateTransitionTable;
}
/**
* Consumes an input character and transitions to the next state.
*
* @param input The input character.
*/
private void consume(final char input) {
state = stateTransitionTable[state][input];
}
/**
* Gets the current state of the finite automata.
*
* @return The current state.
*/
private int getState() {
return state;
}
}
}