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Using Stack DFS to optimize file recursion (Objective C)
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- (void)mnz_removeFolderContentsRecursivelyAtPath:(NSString *)folderPath forItemsExtension:(NSString *)itemsExtension { | |
NSArray *directoryContentsArray = [self contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:folderPath error:nil]; | |
NSString *currentPath = folderPath; | |
NSEnumerator *enumerator = [directoryContentsArray objectEnumerator]; | |
NSMutableArray *stack = [NSMutableArray array]; | |
if (enumerator) { | |
[stack addObject:enumerator]; | |
} | |
/* | |
Using Stack Depth-First-Search(DFS) to replace normal recursion | |
Memory allocation can't be released asap in normal recursion way, so | |
here is using local stack to maintain enumerators(pointers) to avoid | |
high space complexity. | |
*/ | |
while([stack count] > 0) { | |
NSEnumerator *top = stack.lastObject; | |
NSString *fileName = [top nextObject]; | |
if (fileName) { | |
NSDictionary *attributesDictionary = [self attributesOfItemAtPath:[currentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName] error:nil]; | |
if ([attributesDictionary objectForKey:NSFileType] == NSFileTypeDirectory) { | |
currentPath = [currentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]; | |
NSArray *contents = [self contentsOfDirectoryAtPath: currentPath error:nil]; | |
NSEnumerator *enumerator = [contents objectEnumerator]; | |
if (enumerator) { | |
[stack addObject:enumerator]; | |
} | |
} else { | |
if ([fileName.pathExtension.lowercaseString isEqualToString:itemsExtension]) { | |
[self mnz_removeItemAtPath:[currentPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:fileName]]; | |
} | |
} | |
} else { | |
NSArray *contents = [self contentsOfDirectoryAtPath:currentPath error:nil]; | |
if (contents.count == 0 && currentPath != folderPath) { | |
[self mnz_removeItemAtPath:currentPath]; | |
} | |
currentPath = [currentPath stringByDeletingLastPathComponent]; | |
[stack removeLastObject]; | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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