[leetcode] problem 114 – flatten binary tree to linked list

Given a binary tree, flatten it to a linked list in-place.

For example, given the following tree:

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The flattened tree should look like:

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Code

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public class  {
int val;
TreeNode left;
TreeNode right;
TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
}
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public void flatten(TreeNode root) {
helper(root);
}

private TreeNode helper(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null)
return null;

TreeNode leftTail = helper(root.left);
TreeNode rightTail = helper(root.right);

if (root.left != null) {
TreeNode temp = root.right;
root.right = root.left;
root.left = null;
leftTail.right = temp;
}

if (rightTail != null)
return rightTail;
else if (leftTail != null)
return leftTail;
else
return root;
}