* a reference Phylogeny
* @param to_be_stripped
* Phylogeny to be stripped
- * @return number of external nodes removed from to_be_stripped
+ * @return nodes removed from to_be_stripped
*/
- public static int taxonomyBasedDeletionOfExternalNodes( final Phylogeny reference, final Phylogeny to_be_stripped ) {
+ public static List<PhylogenyNode> taxonomyBasedDeletionOfExternalNodes( final Phylogeny reference,
+ final Phylogeny to_be_stripped ) {
final Set<String> ref_ext_taxo = new HashSet<String>();
for( final PhylogenyNodeIterator it = reference.iteratorExternalForward(); it.hasNext(); ) {
final PhylogenyNode n = it.next();
}
to_be_stripped.clearHashIdToNodeMap();
to_be_stripped.externalNodesHaveChanged();
- return nodes_to_delete.size();
+ return nodes_to_delete;
}
/**