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297. Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree
https://leetcode.com/problems/serialize-and-deserialize-binary-tree/
Serialization is the process of converting a data structure or object into a sequence of bits so that it can be stored in a file or memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link to be reconstructed later in the same or another computer environment.
Design an algorithm to serialize and deserialize a binary tree. There is no restriction on how your serialization/deserialization algorithm should work. You just need to ensure that a binary tree can be serialized to a string and this string can be deserialized to the original tree structure.
Example:
You may serialize the following tree:
1
/ \
2 3
/ \
4 5
as "[1,2,3,null,null,4,5]"
Clarification: The above format is the same as how LeetCode serializes a binary tree. You do not necessarily need to follow this format, so please be creative and come up with different approaches yourself.
Note: Do not use class member/global/static variables to store states. Your serialize and deserialize algorithms should be stateless.
class solution {
// Encodes a tree to a single string.
private void buildString(TreeNode root, List<String> list) {
if(root==null) {
list.add("null");
return;
}
list.add( String.valueOf( root.val ) );
buildString(root.left, list);
buildString(root.right, list);
}
public String serialize(TreeNode root) {
List<String> list= new ArrayList<>();
buildString(root, list);
return String.join(" ", list);
}
// Decodes your encoded data to tree.
private TreeNode buildTree (Queue<String> nodes) {
String str= nodes.poll();
if( str.equals("null") ) return null;
TreeNode node= new TreeNode( Integer.valueOf(str) );
node.left= buildTree(nodes);
node.right= buildTree(nodes);
return node;
}
public TreeNode deserialize(String data) {
Queue<String> nodes= new LinkedList<>( Arrays.asList(data.split(" ")) );
return buildTree(nodes);
}
}
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