Binary Tree Maximum Path Sum Solutions in Go

package leetcode

import "math"

import (
	"github.com/halfrost/LeetCode-Go/structures"
)

// TreeNode define
type TreeNode = structures.TreeNode

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * type TreeNode struct {
 *     Val int
 *     Left *TreeNode
 *     Right *TreeNode
 * }
 */

func maxPathSum(root *TreeNode) int {
	if root == nil {
		return 0
	}
	max := math.MinInt32
	getPathSum(root, &max)
	return max
}

func getPathSum(root *TreeNode, maxSum *int) int {
	if root == nil {
		return math.MinInt32
	}
	left := getPathSum(root.Left, maxSum)
	right := getPathSum(root.Right, maxSum)

	currMax := max(max(left+root.Val, right+root.Val), root.Val)
	*maxSum = max(*maxSum, max(currMax, left+right+root.Val))
	return currMax
}

func max(a int, b int) int {
	if a > b {
		return a
	}
	return b
}