/*
* case 1. item == null, not found.
* case 2: item < node.data, search left.
* case 3. item > node.data, search right.
* case 4. item not in tree, do nothing.
* case 5: item = node.data, remove it.
* (a) if node has a single child, attach the child
* to node's parent
* (b) if node has two children,
* replace node with the largest node in its left sub tree
*/
private BSTNode remove(BSTNode node, int data) {
if (node == null) {
return node;
}
if (data < node.data) {
node.left = remove(node.left, data);
return node;
}
if (data > node.data) {
node.right = remove(node.right, data);
return node;
} else {
// Once item found, remove
// If has single child, replace parent with child
if (node.left == null) {
return node.right;
} else if (node.right == null) {
return node.left;
}
// If has two children, replace the largest node on left
else {
node.data = findMax(node.left);
return node;
}
}
} // End remove(Node)
