Leetcode Longest Consecutive Sequence

Given an unsorted array of integers, find the length of the longest consecutive elements sequence.

For example,
Given [100, 4, 200, 1, 3, 2],
The longest consecutive elements sequence is [1, 2, 3, 4]. Return its length: 4.

Your algorithm should run in O(n) complexity.

Difficulty: Hard

Solution 1: sort first and then traverse(logn)

public class Solution {
    public int longestConsecutive(int[] nums) {
        int ans = 1;
        int len = nums.length;
        if(len == 0)
            return 0;
        if(len == 1)
            return 1;
        Arrays.sort(nums);
        int pre = nums[0], count = 1;
        for(int i = 1; i < len; i++){
            if(nums[i] - pre == 1){
                count++;
                ans = Math.max(ans, count);
                pre = nums[i];
            }
            else if(nums[i] - pre > 1){
                count = 1;
                pre = nums[i];
            }
        }
        return ans;
        
    }
}

Solution 2: Use HashSet (n):

public class Solution {
    public int longestConsecutive(int[] nums) {
        int len = nums.length;
        if(len == 0)
            return 0;
        if(len == 1)
            return 1;
        Set<Integer> set = new HashSet<Integer>();
        for(int i : nums){
            set.add(i);
        }
        int ans = 1;
        for(int i : nums){
            int count = 1, left = i - 1, right = i + 1;
            while(set.contains(left)){
                set.remove(left);
                left--;
                count++;
            }
            while(set.contains(right)){
                set.remove(right);
                right++;
                count++;
            }
            ans = Math.max(ans, count);
        }
        return ans;
        
    }
}