Difficulty
Medium.
Problem
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 search tree. There is no restriction on how your serialization/deserialization algorithm should work. You just need to ensure that a binary search tree can be serialized to a string and this string can be deserialized to the original tree structure.
The encoded string should be as compact as possible.
Note: Do not use class member/global/static variables to store states. Your serialize and deserialize algorithms should be stateless.
AC
class Codec:
def serialize(self, root):
if not root:
return '#'
return str(root.val) +',' + self.serialize(root.left) +','+ self.serialize(root.right)
def deserialize(self, x):
lst = x.split(',')
return self.deserializeTree(lst)
def deserializeTree(self, lst):
if len(lst)<=0:
return None
val = lst.pop(0)
root = None
if val != '#':
root = TreeNode(int(val))
root.left = self.deserializeTree(lst)
root.right = self.deserializeTree(lst)
return root