leecode-98-验证二叉搜索树

/**
 * 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;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root) {
        return isValidBST(root, null, null);
    }
    //辅助函数
    boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root, TreeNode min, TreeNode max) {
        // base case
        if (root == null) return true;
        // 若 root.val 不符合 max 和 min 的限制，说明不是合法 BST
        if (min != null && root.val <= min.val) return false;
        if (max != null && root.val >= max.val) return false;
        // 限定左子树的最大值是 root.val，右子树的最小值是 root.val
        return isValidBST(root.left, min, root) 
            && isValidBST(root.right, root, max);
    }

}