// NFAs in Scala using partial functions (returning
// sets of states)
import scala.util.Try
// states class
abstract class State
case object Q0 extends State
case object Q1 extends State
case object Q2 extends State
case object Q3 extends State
case object Q4 extends State
// type abbreviation for partial functions
type :=>[A, B] = PartialFunction[A, B]
// return an empty set when not defined
def applyOrElse[A, B](f: A :=> Set[B], x: A) : Set[B] =
Try(f(x)) getOrElse Set[B]()
// NFAs
case class NFA[A, C](starts: Set[A], // starting states
delta: (A, C) :=> Set[A], // transition function
fins: A => Boolean) { // final states
// given a state and a character, what is the set of
// next states? if there is none => empty set
def next(q: A, c: C) : Set[A] =
applyOrElse(delta, (q, c))
def nexts(qs: Set[A], c: C) : Set[A] =
qs.flatMap(next(_, c))
// given some states and a string, what is the set
// of next states?
def deltas(qs: Set[A], s: List[C]) : Set[A] = s match {
case Nil => qs
case c::cs => deltas(nexts(qs, c), cs)
}
// is a string accepted by an NFA?
def accepts(s: List[C]) : Boolean =
deltas(starts, s).exists(fins)
// depth-first version of accepts
def search(q: A, s: List[C]) : Boolean = s match {
case Nil => fins(q)
case c::cs => next(q, c).exists(search(_, cs))
}
def accepts2(s: List[C]) : Boolean =
starts.exists(search(_, s))
}
// NFA examples
val nfa_trans1 : (State, Char) :=> Set[State] =
{ case (Q0, 'a') => Set(Q0, Q1)
case (Q0, 'b') => Set(Q2)
case (Q1, 'a') => Set(Q1)
case (Q2, 'b') => Set(Q2) }
val nfa1 = NFA(Set[State](Q0), nfa_trans1, Set[State](Q2))
nfa1.accepts("aa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts("aaaaa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts("aaaaab".toList) // true
nfa1.accepts("aaaaabbb".toList) // true
nfa1.accepts("aaaaabbbaaa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts("ac".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts2("aa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts2("aaaaa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts2("aaaaab".toList) // true
nfa1.accepts2("aaaaabbb".toList) // true
nfa1.accepts2("aaaaabbbaaa".toList) // false
nfa1.accepts2("ac".toList) // false
// subset constructions
def subset(nfa: NFA[A, C]) : DFA[Set[A], C] =