T101_Symmetric_Tree.java

/**
 * Definition for binary tree
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) {
    if(root==null)  return true;

    Stack<TreeNode> stack = new Stack<TreeNode>();
    TreeNode left, right;
    if(root.left!=null){
        if(root.right==null) return false;
        stack.push(root.left);
        stack.push(root.right);
    }
    else if(root.right!=null){
        return false;
    }

    while(!stack.empty()){
        if(stack.size()%2!=0)   return false;
        right = stack.pop();
        left = stack.pop();
        if(right.val!=left.val) return false;

        if(left.left!=null){
            if(right.right==null)   return false;
            stack.push(left.left);
            stack.push(right.right);
        }
        else if(right.right!=null){
            return false;
        }

        if(left.right!=null){
            if(right.left==null)   return false;
            stack.push(left.right);
            stack.push(right.left);
        }
        else if(right.left!=null){
            return false;
        }
    }

    return true;
}

    
}




//recursive way.
public boolean isSymmetric(TreeNode root) {
    return root==null || isSymmetricHelp(root.left, root.right);
}

private boolean isSymmetricHelp(TreeNode left, TreeNode right){
    if(left==null || right==null)
        return left==right;
    if(left.val!=right.val)
        return false;
    return isSymmetricHelp(left.left, right.right) && isSymmetricHelp(left.right, right.left);
}