LeetCode: Minimum Depth of Binary Tree

LeetCode: Minimum Depth of Binary Tree

Given a binary tree, find its minimum depth.

The minimum depth is the number of nodes along the shortest path from the root node down to the nearest leaf node.

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public class MinimumDepthOfBinaryTree {
public int minDepth(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null) {
return 0;
}
return helper(root, 1);
}
private int helper(TreeNode node, int length) {
if (node == null) {
return length - 1;
}
if (node.left == null && node.right == null) {
return length;
} else {
int l = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
int r = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
if (node.left != null) {
l = helper(node.left, length + 1);
}
if (node.right != null) {
r = helper(node.right, length + 1);
}
return Math.min(l, r);
}
}

// Solution 2
public int minDepthSolution2(TreeNode root) {
if(root == null) {
return 0;
}

int nextLevelCount = 1;
int counter = 0;
// init value for depth is 1
int depth = 1;
Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<>();
queue.add(root);

while(!queue.isEmpty()) {
TreeNode node = queue.poll();
nextLevelCount--;

if(node.left == null && node.right == null) {
return depth;
}

if(node.left != null) {
queue.add(node.left);
counter++;
}

if(node.right != null) {
queue.add(node.right);
counter++;
}

if(nextLevelCount == 0) {
nextLevelCount = counter;
counter = 0;
depth++;
}
}

return 0;
}
}