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Valid BST Or Not

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package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.trees;

public class ValidBSTOrNot {

    class Node {

        int data;
        Node left, right;

        public Node(int item) {
            data = item;
            left = right = null;
        }
    }

    // Root of the Binary Tree

    /* can give min and max value according to your code or
  can write a function to find min and max value of tree. */

    /* returns true if given search tree is binary
  search tree (efficient version) */
    boolean isBST(Node root) {
        return isBSTUtil(root, Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
    }

    /* Returns true if the given tree is a BST and its
  values are >= min and <= max. */
    boolean isBSTUtil(Node node, int min, int max) {
        /* an empty tree is BST */
        if (node == null) {
            return true;
        }

        /* false if this node violates the min/max constraints */
        if (node.data < min || node.data > max) {
            return false;
        }

        /* otherwise check the subtrees recursively
    tightening the min/max constraints */
        // Allow only distinct values
        return (
            isBSTUtil(node.left, min, node.data - 1) &&
            isBSTUtil(node.right, node.data + 1, max)
        );
    }
}