leetcode 103 binary tree zigzag level order traversal

Given a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes’ values. (ie, from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).

For example:
Given binary tree [3,9,20,null,null,15,7],

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  3
/
9 20
/
15 7

return its zigzag level order traversal as:

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[
[3],
[20,9],
[15,7]
]

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import utils.TreeNode;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class {
public List<List<Integer>> zigzagLevelOrder(TreeNode root) {
List<List<Integer>> ans = new ArrayList<>();
helper(ans, root, 0);
return ans;

}

public void helper(List<List<Integer>> ans, TreeNode root, int level) {
if (root == null) return ;
if (ans.size() == level) {
ans.add(new ArrayList<>());
}
List<Integer> t = ans.get(level);
if (level % 2 == 0) {
t.add(root.val);
}
else
t.add(t.size()-1, root.val);

helper(ans, root.left, level+1);
helper(ans, root.right, level+1);

}

}