Serialize and Deserialize BST.java

// Runtime: 7 ms (Top 87.86%) | Memory: 47.2 MB (Top 79.05%)
public class Codec {

    // Encodes a tree to a single string.
    public String serialize(TreeNode root) {
        StringBuilder string = new StringBuilder();
        traverse(root, string);
        return string.toString();
    }

    private void traverse(TreeNode root, StringBuilder string){
        if(root == null) return;
        string.append(root.val).append(",");
        traverse(root.left, string);
        traverse(root.right, string);
    }

    // Decodes your encoded data to tree.
    public TreeNode deserialize(String data) {
        if(data.isEmpty()) return null;

        String[] dataArr = data.split(",");

        TreeNode root = new TreeNode(Integer.parseInt(dataArr[0]));

        for(int i = 1; i < dataArr.length; i++)
            insert(Integer.parseInt(dataArr[i]), root);

        return root;
    }

    private void insert(int digit, TreeNode root){

        if(digit > root.val){
            if(root.right != null)
                insert(digit, root.right);
            else
                root.right = new TreeNode(digit);
        } else {
            if(root.left != null)
                insert(digit, root.left);
            else
                root.left = new TreeNode(digit);
        }

    }
}