这是条难题(base on time and memory limit)
大概思路就是记录每个字的parents..
还有用hashset来装next level这样可以避免重复
当整个next level都生成完毕之后...就可以把notVisited里面的next level word 去掉 一举两得..既可以避免重复visit又可以满足同一个word有multiple parents的情况...
**有个地方就是注意同样字母的时候 不应该算进possible
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66 | public class Solution {
List<List<String>> result = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
public List<List<String>> findLadders(String beginWord, String endWord, Set<String> wordList) {
HashMap<String, List<String>> parents = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
HashSet<String> notVisited = new HashSet<String>(wordList);
boolean found = false;
HashSet<String> nextLevel = new HashSet<String>();
HashSet<String> curLevel = new HashSet<String>();
curLevel.add(beginWord);
notVisited.remove(beginWord);
while (!found && !curLevel.isEmpty()){
for (String cur:curLevel){
getNextWords(parents, nextLevel, notVisited, cur);
}
for (String next:nextLevel){
notVisited.remove(next);
}
if (nextLevel.contains(endWord)) found = true;
HashSet<String> inter = nextLevel;
nextLevel = curLevel;
curLevel = inter;
nextLevel.clear();
}
if (!parents.containsKey(endWord)) return new ArrayList<List<String>>();
generateResult(parents, beginWord, endWord, new LinkedList<String>());
return result;
}
public void generateResult(HashMap<String, List<String>> parents, String start, String end, List<String> fromPrev){
if (start == end){
LinkedList<String> temp = new LinkedList<String>(fromPrev);
temp.addFirst(start);
result.add(temp);
return;
}
List<String> parent = parents.get(end);
((LinkedList<String>) fromPrev).addFirst(end);
for (String upper:parent){
generateResult(parents, start, upper, fromPrev);
}
((LinkedList<String>) fromPrev).removeFirst();
}
public void getNextWords(HashMap<String, List<String>> parents, HashSet<String> nextWord, HashSet<String>notVisited, String current){
char []possible = current.toCharArray();
for (int i = 0; i < possible.length; i++){
char origin = possible[i];
for (char a = 'a'; a <= 'z'; a++){
if (a != origin){
possible[i] = a;
String temp = String.valueOf(possible);
if (notVisited.contains(temp)) {
nextWord.add(temp);
List<String> parent = parents.containsKey(temp)?parents.get(temp):new ArrayList<String>();
parent.add(current);
parents.put(temp, parent);
}
}
}
possible[i] = origin;
}
}
}
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