LeetCode-in-Java

1325. Delete Leaves With a Given Value

Medium

Given a binary tree root and an integer target, delete all the leaf nodes with value target.

Note that once you delete a leaf node with value target, if its parent node becomes a leaf node and has the value target, it should also be deleted (you need to continue doing that until you cannot).

Example 1:

Input: root = [1,2,3,2,null,2,4], target = 2

Output: [1,null,3,null,4]

Explanation: Leaf nodes in green with value (target = 2) are removed (Picture in left). After removing, new nodes become leaf nodes with value (target = 2) (Picture in center).

Example 2:

Input: root = [1,3,3,3,2], target = 3

Output: [1,3,null,null,2]

Example 3:

Input: root = [1,2,null,2,null,2], target = 2

Output: [1]

Explanation: Leaf nodes in green with value (target = 2) are removed at each step.

Constraints:

Solution

import com_github_leetcode.TreeNode;

/*
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public TreeNode removeLeafNodes(TreeNode root, int target) {
        while (hasTargetLeafNodes(root, target)) {
            root = removeLeafNodes(target, root);
        }
        return root;
    }

    private TreeNode removeLeafNodes(int target, TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return root;
        }
        if (root.val == target && root.left == null && root.right == null) {
            root = null;
            return root;
        }
        if (root.left != null
                && root.left.val == target
                && root.left.left == null
                && root.left.right == null) {
            root.left = null;
        }
        if (root.right != null
                && root.right.val == target
                && root.right.left == null
                && root.right.right == null) {
            root.right = null;
        }
        removeLeafNodes(target, root.left);
        removeLeafNodes(target, root.right);
        return root;
    }

    private boolean hasTargetLeafNodes(TreeNode root, int target) {
        if (root == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (root.left == null && root.right == null && root.val == target) {
            return true;
        }
        return hasTargetLeafNodes(root.left, target) || hasTargetLeafNodes(root.right, target);
    }
}