It is a very simple recursive idea.
/**
* 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 {
public TreeNode constructMaximumBinaryTree(int[] nums) {
if(nums.length==0) return null;
int max_index = -1;
int max_data = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
for(int i=0;i<nums.length;i++){
if(nums[i]>max_data){
max_index = i;
max_data = nums[i];
}
}
TreeNode root = new TreeNode(max_data);
root.left = constructMaximumBinaryTree(Arrays.copyOfRange(nums,0,max_index));
root.right = constructMaximumBinaryTree(Arrays.copyOfRange(nums,max_index+1,nums.length));
return root;
}
}