Given a binary tree, find the maximum path sum.
For this problem, a path is defined as any sequence of nodes from some starting node to any node in the tree along the parent-child connections. The path does not need to go through the root.
For example:
Given the below binary tree,
1 / \ 2 3
Return 6
.
Difficulty: Hard
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
int ans = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
public int helper(TreeNode root){
ans = Math.max(ans, root.val);
if(root.left == null && root.right == null){
return root.val;
}
else if(root.left == null){
int right = helper(root.right);
ans = Math.max(ans, right);
if(right < 0) return root.val;
return right + root.val;
}
else if(root.right == null){
int left = helper(root.left);
ans = Math.max(ans, left);
if(left < 0) return root.val;
return left + root.val;
}
else{
int right = helper(root.right);
int left = helper(root.left);
ans = Math.max(ans, right);
ans = Math.max(ans, left);
if(right < 0 && left < 0){
return root.val;
}
else if(right < 0){
ans = Math.max(ans, left + root.val);
return left + root.val;
}
else if(left < 0){
ans = Math.max(ans, right + root.val);
return right + root.val;
}
else{
ans = Math.max(ans, right + root.val + left);
return Math.max(root.val + left, root.val + right);
}
}
}
public int maxPathSum(TreeNode root) {
if(root == null) return 0;
return Math.max(helper(root), ans);
}
}