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+/*
+ * Contains classes used for representing tree-of-life data.
+ */
+ 
+// Represents a tree-of-life node/tree
+export class TolNode {
+	name: string;
+	children: TolNode[];
+	parent: TolNode | null;
+	constructor(name: string, children: TolNode[] = [], parent = null){
+		this.name = name;
+		this.children = children;
+		this.parent = parent;
+	}
+}
+// Represents a tree-of-life node obtained from tol.json
+export class TolNodeRaw {
+	name: string;
+	children?: TolNodeRaw[];
+	constructor(name: string, children: TolNodeRaw[] = []){
+		this.name = name;
+		this.children = children;
+	}
+}
+// Converts a TolNodeRaw tree to a TolNode tree
+export function tolFromRaw(node: TolNodeRaw): TolNode {
+	function helper(node: TolNodeRaw, parent: TolNode | null){
+		let tolNode = new TolNode(node.name);
+		if (node.children == null){
+			tolNode.children = [];
+		} else {
+			tolNode.children = Array(node.children.length);
+			node.children.forEach((child, idx) => {tolNode.children[idx] = helper(child, tolNode)});
+		}
+		tolNode.parent = parent;
+		return tolNode;
+	}
+	return helper(node, null);
+}
+// Returns a mapping from TolNode names to TolNodes in a given tree
+export function getTolMap(tolTree: TolNode): Map<string, TolNode> {
+	function helper(node: TolNode, map: Map<string, TolNode>){
+		map.set(node.name, node);
+		node.children.forEach(child => helper(child, map));
+	}
+	let map = new Map();
+	helper(tolTree, map);
+	return map;
+}