Flatten Nested List Iterator

Flatten Nested List Iterator stack

Given a nested list of integers, implement an iterator to flatten it.

Each element is either an integer, or a list – whose elements may also be integers or other lists.

Example 1:
Given the list [[1,1],2,[1,1]],

By calling next repeatedly until hasNext returns false, the order of elements returned by next should be: [1,1,2,1,1].

Example 2:
Given the list [1,[4,[6]]],

By calling next repeatedly until hasNext returns false, the order of elements returned by next should be: [1,4,6].

Flatten Nested List Iterator Solution

/**
 * // This is the interface that allows for creating nested lists.
 * // You should not implement it, or speculate about its implementation
 * public interface NestedInteger {
 *
 *     // @return true if this NestedInteger holds a single integer, rather than a nested list.
 *     public boolean isInteger();
 *
 *     // @return the single integer that this NestedInteger holds, if it holds a single integer
 *     // Return null if this NestedInteger holds a nested list
 *     public Integer getInteger();
 *
 *     // @return the nested list that this NestedInteger holds, if it holds a nested list
 *     // Return null if this NestedInteger holds a single integer
 *     public List<NestedInteger> getList();
 * }
 */
public class FlattenNestedListIterator implements Iterator<Integer> {
    Stack<NestedInteger> stack = new Stack<NestedInteger>();

    public NestedIterator(List<NestedInteger> nestedList) {
        for(int i = nestedList.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            stack.push(nestedList.get(i));
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Integer next() {
        return stack.pop().getInteger();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasNext() {
        while(!stack.isEmpty()) {
            NestedInteger current = stack.peek();

            if(current.isInteger()) {
                return true;
            }

            stack.pop();

            for(int i = current.getList().size() - 1;  i >= 0; i--) {
                stack.push(current.getList().get(i));
            }
        }

        return false;
    }
}

Last modified October 4, 2020