/**
* Definition of TreeNode:
* public class TreeNode {
* public int val;
* public TreeNode left, right;
* public TreeNode(int val) {
* this.val = val;
* this.left = this.right = null;
* }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
/*
* @param root: the root of binary tree
* @return: collect and remove all leaves
*/
public List<List<Integer>> findLeaves(TreeNode root) {
// write your code here
List<List<Integer>> res = new ArrayList<>();
if(root == null){
return res;
}
helper(root,res);
return res;
}
public int helper(TreeNode root,List<List<Integer>> res){
if(root == null){
return 0;
}
int left = helper(root.left,res);
int right = helper(root.right,res);
int index = Math.max(left,right);
if(res.size() <= index){
List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add(root.val);
res.add(list);
}else{
res.get(index).add(root.val);
}
return index+1;
}
}