Stream of Characters

Implement the StreamChecker class as follows:

 

Example:

StreamChecker streamChecker = new StreamChecker(["cd","f","kl"]); // init the dictionary.
streamChecker.query('a');          // return false
streamChecker.query('b');          // return false
streamChecker.query('c');          // return false
streamChecker.query('d');          // return true, because 'cd' is in the wordlist
streamChecker.query('e');          // return false
streamChecker.query('f');          // return true, because 'f' is in the wordlist
streamChecker.query('g');          // return false
streamChecker.query('h');          // return false
streamChecker.query('i');          // return false
streamChecker.query('j');          // return false
streamChecker.query('k');          // return false
streamChecker.query('l');          // return true, because 'kl' is in the wordlist

 

Note:


Solution:

Store the words in the trie with reverse order, and check the query string from the end

class StreamChecker {
    static class TrieNode {
        TrieNode[] next;
        boolean isWord;
        
        public TrieNode() {
            next = new TrieNode[26];
            isWord = false;
        }
    }
    
    TrieNode root = new TrieNode();
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    
    public StreamChecker(String[] words) {
        for (String s : words) {
            TrieNode node = root;
            for (int i = s.length() - 1; i >= 0; i --) {
                char c = s.charAt(i);
                if (node.next[c - 'a'] == null) {
                    node.next[c - 'a'] = new TrieNode();
                }
                node = node.next[c - 'a'];
            }
            node.isWord = true;
        }
    }
    
    public boolean query(char letter) {
        TrieNode node = root;
        sb.append(letter);
        for (int i = sb.length() - 1; i >= 0 && node != null; i --) {
            char c = sb.charAt(i);
            node = node.next[c - 'a'];
            if (node != null && node.isWord) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

/**
 * Your StreamChecker object will be instantiated and called as such:
 * StreamChecker obj = new StreamChecker(words);
 * boolean param_1 = obj.query(letter);
 */