Modified DFS to perform more optimal for output analysis.

src/main/java/Assignments/A1/models/BoardNode.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class BoardNode implements Comparable<BoardNode> {
     public int heuristic, cost, expected;
     public Board board;
     public List<BoardNode> children;
+    public int depth = -1;
 
     public BoardNode(Board board, BoardNode parent) {
         this.board = board;
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ public class BoardNode implements Comparable<BoardNode> {
         this.children = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
+    public void setDepth(int depth) {
+        this.depth = depth;
+    }
+
     private int getActualCost() {
         if (this.parent != null) {
             return this.parent.cost + 10;

src/main/java/Assignments/A1/solving_algorithms/DFS.java

@@ -1,38 +1,42 @@
 package Assignments.A1.solving_algorithms;
 
-import Assignments.A1.models.Board;
+import Assignments.A1.models.*;
-import Assignments.A1.models.BoardGenerator;
-import Assignments.A1.models.Move;
-import Assignments.A1.models.Pair;
 import Assignments.A1.resources.Parameters;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
-public class DFS {
+public class DFS implements Solver {
 
     private final Board solved = new Board();
     private final List<String> tried = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    public Board traverse(Board root, int depth) {
+    public BoardNode traverse(Board root) {
-        Stack<Board> stack = new Stack<>();
+        Stack<BoardNode> stack = new Stack<>();
-        stack.push(root);
+        BoardNode rootNode = new BoardNode(root, null);
+        rootNode.setDepth(0);
+        stack.push(rootNode);
+
 
         while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
-            Board current = stack.pop();
+            BoardNode current = stack.pop();
-            if (current.equals(solved)) {
+
+            if (current.board.equals(solved)) {
                 return current;
             }
 
-            if (depth == Parameters.MAX_DEPTH || tried.contains(current.toString())) {
+            if (current.depth > Parameters.MAX_DEPTH || tried.contains(current.toString())) {
                 continue;
             }
             tried.add(current.toString());
 
-            List<Move> moves = current.getMoves();
+            List<Move> moves = current.board.getMoves();
             for (Move next : moves) {
                 Board child = next.getBoard();
                 child.swap(next);
-                stack.push(child);
+                BoardNode childNode = new BoardNode(child, current);
+                childNode.setDepth(current.depth+1);
+                stack.push(childNode);
+                current.addChild(childNode);
             }
         }
         return null;

src/main/java/Assignments/A1/view/BoardViewCodeBehind.java

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ public class BoardViewCodeBehind {
     @FXML
     private Button generate_board;
 
+    @FXML
+    private Label disclaimer;
+
     @FXML
     private MenuButton menu_alg;
 
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ public class BoardViewCodeBehind {
         this.no_solv_alg_err.visibleProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.solvingAlgErrProperty());
         this.expanded.selectedProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.expandedProperty());
         this.alg_speed.textProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.algSpeedProperty());
+        this.disclaimer.visibleProperty().bindBidirectional(viewModel.disclaimerProperty());
     }
 
     public void onGenerateBoard(ActionEvent actionEvent) {

src/main/java/Assignments/A1/view/MainViewModel.java

@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ import Assignments.A1.models.BoardNode;
 import Assignments.A1.models.Solver;
 import Assignments.A1.solving_algorithms.AStar;
 import Assignments.A1.solving_algorithms.BFS;
+import Assignments.A1.solving_algorithms.DFS;
 import Assignments.A1.solving_algorithms.UCS;
 import javafx.beans.property.*;
 import javafx.scene.control.TreeItem;
 
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Stack;
 
 public class MainViewModel {
 
     private StringProperty currentBoardProperty, algSpeedProperty;
-    private BooleanProperty expanded, DFS, UCS, BFS, AStar, solvingAlgErr, genBoardErr;
+    private BooleanProperty expanded, DFS, UCS, BFS, AStar, solvingAlgErr, genBoardErr, disclaimer;
     private String selectedAlg;
 
     private BoardNode current = new BoardNode(new Board(), null);
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ public class MainViewModel {
     public MainViewModel() {
         this.currentBoardProperty = new SimpleStringProperty();
         this.algSpeedProperty = new SimpleStringProperty();
+        this.disclaimer = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
         this.expanded = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
         this.DFS = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
         this.UCS = new SimpleBooleanProperty();
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ public class MainViewModel {
         this.UCS.set(value.equals("UCS"));
         this.BFS.set(value.equals("BFS"));
         this.AStar.set(value.equals("AStar"));
+
+        this.disclaimer.setValue(value.equals("DFS"));
     }
 
     public StringProperty getCurrentBoardProperty() {
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ public class MainViewModel {
 
         Solver solver = null;
         if (DFS.getValue()) {
-//            solver = new DFS();
+            solver = new DFS();
         } else if (UCS.getValue()) {
             solver = new UCS();
         } else if (BFS.getValue()) {
@@ -93,6 +98,7 @@ public class MainViewModel {
         }
         this.solvedRootNode = rebuildTree(root, this.expanded.getValue());
         this.solvedRootBoardNode = root;
+        this.current = solved;
     }
 
     public void updateDisplay() {
@@ -130,6 +136,23 @@ public class MainViewModel {
     }
 
     private TreeItem<BoardNode> rebuildTree(BoardNode root, boolean expanded) {
+        if (this.selectedAlg.equals("DFS")) {
+            Stack<BoardNode> generations = new Stack<>();
+            BoardNode temp = this.current;
+            while (temp != null) {
+                generations.push(temp);
+                temp = temp.parent;
+            }
+            TreeItem<BoardNode> rootItem = new TreeItem<>(root);
+            TreeItem<BoardNode> currItem = rootItem;
+            while (!generations.isEmpty()) {
+                TreeItem<BoardNode> child = new TreeItem<>(generations.pop());
+                currItem.getChildren().add(child);
+                currItem.setExpanded(expanded);
+                currItem = child;
+            }
+            return rootItem;
+        } else {
             TreeItem<BoardNode> treeItem = new TreeItem<>(root);
             for (BoardNode child : root.children) {
                 TreeItem<BoardNode> childItem = rebuildTree(child, expanded);
@@ -139,6 +162,7 @@ public class MainViewModel {
 
             return treeItem;
         }
+    }
 
 
     public boolean getExpanded() {
@@ -156,4 +180,12 @@ public class MainViewModel {
     public StringProperty algSpeedProperty() {
         return algSpeedProperty;
     }
+
+    public boolean isDisclaimer() {
+        return disclaimer.get();
+    }
+
+    public BooleanProperty disclaimerProperty() {
+        return disclaimer;
+    }
 }

src/main/resources/A1/view/BoardView.fxml

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.Menu?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.MenuButton?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.ToggleButton?>
@@ -13,25 +11,6 @@
 
 <Pane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="591.0" prefWidth="928.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/21" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="Assignments.A1.view.BoardViewCodeBehind">
    <children>
-      <MenuBar layoutY="2.0" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="134.0">
-        <menus>
-          <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="File">
-            <items>
-              <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Close" />
-            </items>
-          </Menu>
-          <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Edit">
-            <items>
-              <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="Delete" />
-            </items>
-          </Menu>
-          <Menu mnemonicParsing="false" text="Help">
-            <items>
-              <MenuItem mnemonicParsing="false" text="About" />
-            </items>
-          </Menu>
-        </menus>
-      </MenuBar>
       <TreeView fx:id="spanning_tree" layoutX="334.0" layoutY="67.0" prefHeight="416.0" prefWidth="532.0" />
       <ToggleButton fx:id="expanded" layoutX="547.0" layoutY="33.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#showSolvedPath" text="Expand Directory" />
       <Button id="generate_board" fx:id="generate_board" layoutX="97.0" layoutY="367.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onGenerateBoard" text="Generate Random Board" />
@@ -61,5 +40,6 @@
             <Font size="14.0" />
          </font>
       </Label>
+      <Label fx:id="disclaimer" layoutX="176.0" layoutY="541.0" prefHeight="42.0" prefWidth="558.0" text="**Note: If traversing with DFS, it only shows the solving directory to prevent JavaFX StackOverflow.** However, the traversal algorithm and algorithm speed does explore all nodes despite directory display." textAlignment="CENTER" wrapText="true" />
    </children>
 </Pane>