# Definition for a binary tree node.
# class TreeNode(object):
#     def __init__(self, x):
#         self.val = x
#         self.left = None
#         self.right = None
class Solution(object):
    def maxDepth(self, root):
        """
        :type root: TreeNode
        :rtype: int
        """
        
        if not root:
            return 0;
        elif not root.left:
            return self.maxDepth(root.right) + 1;
        elif not root.right:
            return self.maxDepth(root.left) + 1;
        else:
            return max(self.maxDepth(root.left),self.maxDepth(root.right)) + 1;
          
          
"""
TESTCASES:
Input:
[]
[1]
[1,1]
[1,null,2]
[1,2,3,null,null,1,2,1,null,null,null,1]
Output:
0
1
2
2
5
"""