[Leetcode 113] Path Sum (Medium)

Given a binary tree and a sum, find all root-to-leaf paths where each path's sum equals the given sum.

Note: A leaf is a node with no children.

Example:

Given the below binary tree and sum = 22,

      5
     / \
    4   8
   /   / \
  11  13  4
 /  \    / \
7    2  5   1
Return:

[
   [5,4,11,2],
   [5,8,4,5]
]

Solution： Top down (find all paths which adds up is equal to target sum)

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public List> pathSum(TreeNode root, int sum) {
        List> result = new ArrayList<> ();
        
        if (root == null) {
            return result;
        }
        
        List path = new ArrayList<> ();
        
        pathSumHelper (root, path, result, sum);
        
        return result;
    }
    
    private void pathSumHelper (TreeNode root, List path, List> result, int sum) {
        if (root == null) {
            return;
        }
        
        if (root.left == null && root.right == null && root.val == sum) {
            path.add (root.val);
            result.add (new ArrayList<> (path));
            path.remove (path.size () - 1);
            return;
        } else if (root.left == null && root.right == null && root.val != sum) {
            return;
        }
        
        int newSum = sum - root.val;
        path.add (root.val);
        
        pathSumHelper (root.left, path, result, newSum);
        pathSumHelper (root.right, path, result, newSum);
        
        path.remove (path.size () - 1);
    }
}