// Source : https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/balanced-binary-tree/ // Inspired by : http://www.jiuzhang.com/solutions/balanced-binary-tree/ // Author : Lei Cao // Date : 2015-10-07 /********************************************************************************** * * Given a binary tree, determine if it is height-balanced. * * For this problem, a height-balanced binary tree is defined as a binary tree in which * the depth of the two subtrees of every node never differ by more than 1. * Example * Given binary tree A={3,9,20,#,#,15,7}, B={3,#,20,15,7} * The binary tree A is a height-balanced binary tree, but B is not. **********************************************************************************/ package balancedBinaryTree; /** * Created by leicao on 7/10/15. */ public class balancedBinaryTree { /** * @param root: The root of binary tree. * @return: True if this Binary tree is Balanced, or false. */ public boolean isBalanced(TreeNode root) { // write your code here return helper(root, 0).isBalanced; } // This is not needed. Can just check the depth private class Result { boolean isBalanced; int height; Result(boolean isBalanced, int height) { this.isBalanced = isBalanced; this.height = height; } } private Result helper(TreeNode root, int depth) { if (root == null) { return new Result(true, depth); } Result left = helper(root.left, depth + 1); Result right = helper(root.right, depth + 1); if (!left.isBalanced || !right.isBalanced) { return new Result(false, 0); } if (Math.abs(left.height - right.height) > 1) { return new Result(false, 0); } return new Result(true, Math.max(left.height, right.height)); } }