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// The idea is to put values in a TreeSet and then every time we can use O(lgN) time to lookup for the nearest values.

// Solution 2 - Pre-Order traverse, time complexity O(NlgN), space complexity O(N).


public class Solution {
    TreeSet<Integer> set = new TreeSet<>();
    int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    
    public int getMinimumDifference(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) return min;
        
        if (!set.isEmpty()) {
            if (set.floor(root.val) != null) {
                min = Math.min(min, root.val - set.floor(root.val));
            }
            if (set.ceiling(root.val) != null) {
                min = Math.min(min, set.ceiling(root.val) - root.val);
            }
        }
        
        set.add(root.val);
        
        getMinimumDifference(root.left);
        getMinimumDifference(root.right);
        
        return min;
    }
}

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    int min = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    Integer prev = null;

    public int getMinimumDifference(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null){
            return 0; // any int value is fine
        }
        
        getMinimumDifference(root.left);
        
        if(prev != null){
            min = Math.min(min, root.val - prev);
        }
        prev = root.val;
        
        getMinimumDifference(root.right);
        
        return min;
    }
    
    
}