341. Flatten Nested List Iterator

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:

Input: [[1,1],2,[1,1]]
Output: [1,1,2,1,1]

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

Example 2:

Input: [1,[4,[6]]]
Output: [1,4,6]

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

Thoughts:

  1. Recursive structure: Use a stack to add element: from back to front
  2. hasNext(): check the top element is integer, if not; flatten the top element and add it from back to front to the stack

Code

/**
 * // 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 NestedIterator implements Iterator<Integer> {
    Stack<NestedInteger> stack;
    public NestedIterator(List<NestedInteger> nestedList) {
        stack = new Stack<>();
        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 cur = stack.peek();
            if(cur.isInteger()) return true;
            stack.pop();
            for(int i = cur.getList().size() - 1; i >=0; i--)
                stack.push(cur.getList().get(i));
        }
        return false;
    }
}

/**
 * Your NestedIterator object will be instantiated and called as such:
 * NestedIterator i = new NestedIterator(nestedList);
 * while (i.hasNext()) v[f()] = i.next();
 */

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