public Node <int> deleteRecursive(Node <int> root, int key)
{
if (root == null)
{
return(root);
}
//if key less than root key, traverse left subtree
if (key < root.getData())
{
root.setLeft(deleteRecursive(root.getLeft(), key));
}
//if key greater than root key, traverse right subtree
else if (key > root.getData())
{
root.setRight(deleteRecursive(root.getRight(), key));
}
//found node to delete
else
{
//node to delete has zero or one child node
if (root.getLeft() == null)
{
if (root.getRight() != null)
{
root.getRight().setParent(root.getParent());
}
return(root.getRight());
}
else if (root.getRight() == null)
{
if (root.getLeft() != null)
{
root.getLeft().setParent(root.getParent());
}
return(root.getLeft());
}
//node to delete has two children, so find the smallest node on the right subtree
//replace the node to delete with that node, then delete the smallest node on the right subtree
root.setData(getMinValue(root.getRight()));
root.setRight(deleteRecursive(root.getRight(), root.getData()));
}
return(root);
}