[leetcode] problem 671 – second minimum node in a binary tree

Given a non-empty special binary tree consisting of nodes with the non-negative value, where each node in this tree has exactly two or zero sub-node. If the node has two sub-nodes, then this node’s value is the smaller value among its two sub-nodes. More formally, the property root.val = min(root.left.val, root.right.val) always holds.

Given such a binary tree, you need to output the second minimum value in the set made of all the nodes’ value in the whole tree.

If no such second minimum value exists, output -1 instead.

Example

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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 int findSecondMinimumValue(TreeNode root) {
    return dfs(root, root.val);
}

private int dfs(TreeNode root, int s) {
    if (root == null)
        return -1;
    
    if (root.val > s)
        return root.val;
    
    int left = dfs(root.left, s);
    int right = dfs(root.right, s);

    if (left == -1)
        return right;
    else if (right == -1)
        return left;
    else
        return Math.min(left, right);
}