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1161. Maximum Level Sum of a Binary Tree

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/**
 * Problem: LeetCode 1161 - Maximum Level Sum of a Binary Tree
 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Language: Java
 * Author: CodeByTushu
 */
import java.util.ArrayDeque;
import java.util.Queue;

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public int maxLevelSum(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return 0;
        }

        int maxSum = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
        int maxLevel = 1;
        int currentLevel = 1;

        Queue<TreeNode> queue = new ArrayDeque<>();
        queue.offer(root);

        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int levelSize = queue.size();
            int levelSum = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < levelSize; i++) {
                TreeNode node = queue.poll();
                levelSum += node.val;

                if (node.left != null) {
                    queue.offer(node.left);
                }
                if (node.right != null) {
                    queue.offer(node.right);
                }
            }

            if (levelSum > maxSum) {
                maxSum = levelSum;
                maxLevel = currentLevel;
            }

            currentLevel++;
        }

        return maxLevel;
    }
}

TIME COMPLEXITY

O(N)

SPACE COMPLEXITY

O(W)

TOPICS

Binary Tree Breadth-First Search Depth-First Search Tree