LeetCode - Binary Tree Preorder Traversal

Question Definition

Given a binary tree, return the preorder traversal of its nodes’ values.

For example: Given binary tree [1,null,2,3],

   1
    \
     2
    /
   3

return [1,2,3].

Note: Recursive solution is trivial, could you do it iteratively?

Java Solution

public List<Integer> preorderTraversal(TreeNode root) {
    List<Integer> result = new LinkedList<>();
    if(root == null) return result;

    Deque<TreeNode> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
    deque.push(root);

    while(!deque.isEmpty()){
        TreeNode temp = deque.pop();
        result.add(temp.val);
        if(temp.right != null) deque.push(temp.right);
        if(temp.left != null) deque.push(temp.left);
    }
    return result;
}

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