297.java

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
public class Codec {
    public String serialize(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return "{}";
        }

        ArrayList<TreeNode> queue = new ArrayList<TreeNode>();
        queue.add(root);

        for (int i = 0; i < queue.size(); i++) {
            TreeNode node = queue.get(i);
            if (node == null) {
                continue;
            }
            queue.add(node.left);
            queue.add(node.right);
        }

        while (queue.get(queue.size() - 1) == null) {
            queue.remove(queue.size() - 1);
        }

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("{");
        sb.append(queue.get(0).val);
        for (int i = 1; i < queue.size(); i++) {
            if (queue.get(i) == null) {
                sb.append(",#");
            } else {
                sb.append(",");
                sb.append(queue.get(i).val);
            }
        }
        sb.append("}");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    public TreeNode deserialize(String data) {
        if (data.equals("{}")) {
            return null;
        }
        String[] vals = data.substring(1, data.length() - 1).split(",");
        ArrayList<TreeNode> queue = new ArrayList<TreeNode>();
        TreeNode root = new TreeNode(Integer.parseInt(vals[0]));
        queue.add(root);
        int index = 0;
        boolean left = true;
        for (int i = 1; i < vals.length; i++) {
            if (!vals[i].equals("#")) {
                TreeNode node = new TreeNode(Integer.parseInt(vals[i]));
                if (left) {
                    queue.get(index).left = node;
                } else {
                    queue.get(index).right = node;
                }
                queue.add(node);
            }
            if (!left) index++;
            left = !left;
        }
        return root;
    }
}

// Your Codec object will be instantiated and called as such:
// Codec codec = new Codec();
// codec.deserialize(codec.serialize(root));