Given a binary tree, determine if it is a valid binary search tree (BST).
Assume a BST is defined as follows:
- The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys less than the node's key.
- The right subtree of a node contains only nodes with keys greater than the node's key.
- Both the left and right subtrees must also be binary search trees.
Example 1:
Input: 2 / \ 1 3 Output: true
Example 2:
5 / \ 1 4 / \ 3 6 Output: false Explanation: The input is: [5,1,4,null,null,3,6]. The root node's value is 5 but its right child's value is 4.
/**
* Definition for a binary tree node.
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root) {
return isValidBST(root, Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE);
}
private boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root, long lower, long upper) {
if (root == null)
return true;
return root.val > lower && root.val < upper &&
isValidBST(root.left, lower, root.val) &&
isValidBST(root.right, root.val, upper);
}
}