Subtree

You have two every large binary trees: T1, with millions of nodes, and T2, with hundreds of nodes. Create an algorithm to decide if T2 is a subtree of T1.

A tree T2 is a subtree of T1 if there exists a node n in T1 such that the subtree of n is identical to T2. That is, if you cut off the tree at node n, the two trees would be identical.

Example:

T2 is a subtree of T1 in the following case:

       1                3
      / \              / 
T1 = 2   3      T2 =  4
        /
       4

T2 isn't a subtree of T1 in the following case:

       1               3
      / \               \
T1 = 2   3       T2 =    4
        /
       4

Solution:

If current T1 node is equal to T2, return true. Otherwise, check T1.left and T2.right

We define the equalivlence as T1.val == T2.val and T1.left subtree is equal to T2.left subtree and T1.right subtree is equal to T2.right subtree.

Code:

public class Solution {

    public boolean isSubtree(TreeNode T1, TreeNode T2) {
        if (T2 == null) {
            return true;
        }
        if (T1 == null) {
            return false;
        }
        if (isEqual(T1, T2)) {
            return true;
        }
        return isSubtree(T1.left, T2) || isSubtree(T1.right, T2);
    }

    private boolean isEqual(TreeNode T1, TreeNode T2) {
        if (T1 == null || T2 == null) {
            return T1 == T2;
        }
        if (T1.val != T2.val) {
            return false;
        }
        return isEqual(T1.left, T2.left) && isEqual(T1.right, T2.right);
    }
}