Balance a Binary Search Tree

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Solution

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode() {}
 *     TreeNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     TreeNode(int val, TreeNode left, TreeNode right) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.left = left;
 *         this.right = right;
 *     }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
    public TreeNode balanceBST(TreeNode root) {
        inorder(root);
        return createBalancedBST(0,list.size()-1);
    }

    void inorder(TreeNode root) {
        if(root==null)
            return;
        inorder(root.left);
        list.add(root.val);
        inorder(root.right);
    }

    TreeNode createBalancedBST(int start, int end) {
        if(start > end)
            return null;
        int mid = start + (end-start)/2;
        TreeNode left = createBalancedBST(start, mid-1);
        TreeNode right = createBalancedBST(mid+1, end);
        TreeNode root = new TreeNode(list.get(mid), left, right);
        return root;
    }
}