maximum-depth-of-binary-tree.java

/**
 * Definition of TreeNode:
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     public int val;
 *     public TreeNode left, right;
 *     public TreeNode(int val) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = this.right = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param root: The root of binary tree.
     * @return: An integer.
     */
    public int maxDepth(TreeNode root) {
        // write your code here
        if (root == null) {
        	return 0;
        }

        return Math.max(maxDepth(root.left) + 1, maxDepth(root.right) + 1);
    }
}