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class TreeNode {
  constructor(key, value = key, parent = null) {
    this.key = key;
    this.value = value;
    this.parent = parent;
    this.children = [];
  }

  get isLeaf() {
    return this.children.length === 0;
  }

  get hasChildren() {
    return !this.isLeaf;
  }
}

class Tree {
  constructor(key, value = key) {
    this.root = new TreeNode(key, value);
  }

  *preOrderTraversal(node = this.root) {
    yield node;
    if (node.children.length) {
      for (let child of node.children) {
        yield* this.preOrderTraversal(child);
      }
    }
  }

  *postOrderTraversal(node = this.root) {
    if (node.children.length) {
      for (let child of node.children) {
        yield* this.postOrderTraversal(child);
      }
    }
    yield node;
  }

  insert(parentNodeKey, key, value = key) {
    for (let node of this.preOrderTraversal()) {
      if (node.key === parentNodeKey) {
        node.children.push(new TreeNode(key, value, node));
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  remove(key) {
    for (let node of this.preOrderTraversal()) {
      const filtered = node.children.filter(c => c.key !== key);
      if (filtered.length !== node.children.length) {
        node.children = filtered;
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  find(key) {
    for (let node of this.preOrderTraversal()) {
      if (node.key === key) return node;
    }
    return undefined;
  }
}

const tree = new Tree(1, 'AB');

tree.insert(1, 11, 'AC');
tree.insert(1, 12, 'BC');
tree.insert(12, 121, 'BG');

[...tree.preOrderTraversal()].map(x => x.value);
// ['AB', 'AC', 'BC', 'BCG']

tree.root.value;              // 'AB'
tree.root.hasChildren;        // true

tree.find(12).isLeaf;         // false
tree.find(121).isLeaf;        // true
tree.find(121).parent.value;  // 'BC'

tree.remove(12);

[...tree.postOrderTraversal()].map(x => x.value);
// ['AC', 'AB']
//Disclaimer: I do not condone mass web scraping of ESPN websites, and this is just theoretical code that hasn't been used.

//Scrape player stats off of https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/roster/_/name/phi/philadelphia-eagles

//Example player JS object
/*
{
	"shortName": "S. Opeta",
	"name": "Sua Opeta",
	"href": "http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3121009/sua-opeta",
	"uid": "s:20~l:28~a:3121009",
	"guid": "dec19157-e984-f981-3724-498281328c97",
	"id": "3121009",
	"height": "6' 4\"",
	"weight": "305 lbs",
	"age": 27,
	"position": "G",
	"jersey": "78",
	"birthDate": "08/15/96",
	"headshot": "https://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/nfl/players/full/3121009.png",
	"lastName": "Sua Opeta",
	"experience": 4,
	"college": "Weber State"
}
*/

//The page needs to be focused, so you have to put this code in a bookmarklet and click the page before clicking it. Allegedly.
navigator.clipboard.writeText(JSON.stringify(
    window["__espnfitt__"].page.content.roster.groups.flatMap((group)=>{
        return group.athletes.map((athlete)=>{
            //We can assume all football players are above 100 lbs and below 1000 lbs.
            athlete.weight = parseInt(athlete.weight.substring(0,3));
            
            if(athlete.experience == "R") athlete.experience = 0;
            else athlete.experience = parseInt(athlete.experience);

            //We can assume players are at least 1 foot, or under 10 feet tall.
            athlete.inches = 12 * parseInt(athlete.height.substring(0, 1)); //Add feet in inches
            athlete.inches += parseInt(athlete.height.substring(2).replaceAll("\"", "").trim()); //Add remaining inches

            const monthDayYear = athlete.birthDate.split("/");
            athlete.birthMonth = parseInt(monthDayYear[0]);
            athlete.birthDay = parseInt(monthDayYear[1]);
            athlete.birthYear = parseInt(monthDayYear[2]);
            
            //The only really useful stuff we get from this is Height, weight, left handedness, age, position, and birthday
            return athlete;
        });
    })
, null, "\t")).then(null, ()=>{alert("That failed.")});

//Changes all the team links on this page https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/team to the team's roster for easier scraping
$$("table > tbody > tr > td > div > div > a").forEach((elm)=>{
	elm.setAttribute("href", elm.getAttribute("href").replace("team/", "team/roster/"));
});