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This is 3rd part of java binary tree tutorial.
In this post, we will see about PostOrder binary tree traversal in java.
PostOrder traversal
In PostOrder traversal, each node is processed after subtrees traversal.In simpler words,Visit left subtree, right subtree and then node.
Steps for PostOrder traversal are:
- Traverse the left subtree in PostOrder.
- Traverse the right subtree in PostOrder.
- Visit the node.
There can be two ways of implementing it
- Recursive
- Iterative
Recursive solution
Recursive solution is very straight forward.Below diagram will make you understand recursion better.
Code for recursion will be:
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// Recursive Solution public void postOrder(TreeNode root) { if(root != null) { postOrder(root.left); postOrder(root.right); //Visit the node by Printing the node data System.out.printf("%d ",root.data); } } |
Iterative solution:
Steps for iterative solution:
- Create an empty stack s and set currentNode =root.
- while
currentNode is not NULL Do following
- Push currentNode 's right child and then currentNode to stack s
- Set currentNode=currentNode.left
- Pop a node from stack
s and set it to
currentNode
- If the popped node has a right child and the right child is at top of stack, then remove the right child from stack, push the currentNode back and set currentNode as currentNode 's right child.
- Else print currentNode's data and set currentNode as NULL.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 while stack is not empty.
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// Iterative solution public void postorderIter( TreeNode root) { if( root == null ) return; Stack<TreeNode> s = new Stack<TreeNode>( ); TreeNode current = root; while( true ) { if( current != null ) { if( current.right != null ) s.push( current.right ); s.push( current ); current = current.left; continue; } if( s.isEmpty( ) ) return; current = s.pop( ); if( current.right != null && ! s.isEmpty( ) && current.right == s.peek( ) ) { s.pop( ); s.push( current ); current = current.right; } else { System.out.print( current.data + " " ); current = null; } } } |
Lets create java program for postOrder traversal:
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package org.arpit.java2blog.binarytree; import java.util.Stack; public class BinaryTreePostOrder { public static class TreeNode { int data; TreeNode left; TreeNode right; TreeNode(int data) { this.data=data; } } // Recursive Solution public void postOrder(TreeNode root) { if(root != null) { postOrder(root.left); postOrder(root.right); //Visit the node by Printing the node data System.out.printf("%d ",root.data); } } // Iterative solution public void postorderIter( TreeNode root) { if( root == null ) return; Stack<TreeNode> s = new Stack<TreeNode>( ); TreeNode current = root; while( true ) { if( current != null ) { if( current.right != null ) s.push( current.right ); s.push( current ); current = current.left; continue; } if( s.isEmpty( ) ) return; current = s.pop( ); if( current.right != null && ! s.isEmpty( ) && current.right == s.peek( ) ) { s.pop( ); s.push( current ); current = current.right; } else { System.out.print( current.data + " " ); current = null; } } } public static void main(String[] args) { BinaryTreePostOrder bi=new BinaryTreePostOrder(); // Creating a binary tree TreeNode rootNode=createBinaryTree(); System.out.println("Using Recursive solution:"); bi.postOrder(rootNode); System.out.println(); System.out.println("-------------------------"); System.out.println("Using Iterative solution:"); bi.postorderIter(rootNode); } public static TreeNode createBinaryTree() { TreeNode rootNode =new TreeNode(40); TreeNode node20=new TreeNode(20); TreeNode node10=new TreeNode(10); TreeNode node30=new TreeNode(30); TreeNode node60=new TreeNode(60); TreeNode node50=new TreeNode(50); TreeNode node70=new TreeNode(70); rootNode.left=node20; rootNode.right=node60; node20.left=node10; node20.right=node30; node60.left=node50; node60.right=node70; return rootNode; } } |
Run above program and you will get following output:
Using Recursive solution:
10 30 20 50 70 60 40
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Using Iterative solution:
10 30 20 50 70 60 40
10 30 20 50 70 60 40
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Using Iterative solution:
10 30 20 50 70 60 40
Java Binary tree tutorial
- Binary tree in java
- Binary tree preorder traversal
- Binary tree postorder traversal
- Binary tree inorder traversal
- Binary tree level order traversal
- Binary tree spiral order traversal
- Binary tree reverse level order traversal
- Binary tree boundary traversal
- Print leaf nodes of binary tree
- Count leaf nodes in binary tree
- get maximum element in binary tree
- Print all paths from root to leaf in binary tree
- Print vertical sum of binary tree in java
- Get level of node in binary tree in java
- Lowest common ancestor(LCA) in binary tree in java
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What happens when the last left node does not have any children?