Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order Traversal

Binary Tree Zigzag Level Order Traversal

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Given a binary tree, return the zigzag level order traversal of its nodes' values. (ie, from left to right, then right to left for the next level and alternate between).

For example:
Given binary tree {3,9,20,#,#,15,7},

    3
   / \
  9  20
    /  \
   15   7

return its zigzag level order traversal as:

[
  [3],
  [20,9],
  [15,7]
]

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    public static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> zigzagLevelOrder(TreeNode root){
        if(root == null) return new ArrayList<>();
        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> totalList = new ArrayList<>();
        Queue<TreeNode> queue = new LinkedList<>();
        queue.add(root);
        boolean reverse = false;
        while(!queue.isEmpty()){
            ArrayList<Integer> subList = new ArrayList<>();
            Queue<TreeNode> subQ = new LinkedList<>();
            while(!queue.isEmpty()){
                TreeNode node = queue.poll();
                subList.add(node.val);
                if(node.left!=null) subQ.add(node.left);
                if(node.right!=null) subQ.add(node.right);
            }
            if(reverse) Collections.reverse(subList);
            reverse = !reverse;
            totalList.add(subList);
            queue = subQ;
        }
        return totalList;
    }