/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode() {}
* ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
* ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
* }
*/
class Solution {
public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
return sortLists(lists, 0, lists.length - 1);
}
private ListNode sortLists(ListNode[] lists, int left, int right) {
if (left > right)
return null;
if (left == right)
return lists[left];
int mid = (left + right) >> 1;
return merge(sortLists(lists, left, mid), sortLists(lists, mid + 1, right));
}
private ListNode merge(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
ListNode dummyHead = new ListNode();
ListNode p = dummyHead;
while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
if (l1.val <= l2.val) {
p.next = l1;
l1 = l1.next;
}
else {
p.next = l2;
l2 = l2.next;
}
p = p.next;
}
if (l1 != null)
p.next = l1;
else
p.next = l2;
return dummyHead.next;
}
}