合并K个排序链表

public class Solution {
public ListNode mergeKLists(List<ListNode> lists) {
if (lists.size() == 0) {
return null;
}
return mergeHelper(lists, 0, lists.size() - 1);
}
private ListNode mergeHelper(List<ListNode> lists, int start, int end) {
if (start == end) {
return lists.get(start);
}
int mid = (end +start) / 2;
ListNode left = mergeHelper(lists, start, mid);//不断划分
ListNode right = mergeHelper(lists, mid + 1, end);
return mergeTwoLists(left, right);
}
private ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode list1, ListNode list2) {
ListNode dummy = new ListNode(0);
ListNode tail = dummy;
while (list1 != null && list2 != null) {
if (list1.val < list2.val) {
tail.next = list1;
list1 = list1.next;
} else {
tail.next = list2;
list2 = list2.next;
}
tail = tail.next;
}
if (list1 != null) {
tail.next = list1;
} else {
tail.next = list2;
}

return dummy.next;
}
}