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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.
/**
* Definition for binary tree
* public class TreeNode {
* int val;
* TreeNode left;
* TreeNode right;
* TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
return isValidBST(root, Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
}
public boolean isValidBST(TreeNode root, int min, int max){
if(root == null) return true;
if(root.val >= max || root.val <= min) return false;
return isValidBST(root.left, min, root.val) && isValidBST(root.right, root.val, max);
}
}
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