LCA BinaryTree

/**
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * public class TreeNode {
 *     int val;
 *     TreeNode left;
 *     TreeNode right;
 *     TreeNode(int x) { val = x; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {

    private TreeNode ans;

    public Solution() {
        // Variable to store LCA node.
        this.ans = null;
    }

    private boolean recurseTree(TreeNode currentNode, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {

        // If reached the end of a branch, return false.
        if (currentNode == null) {
            return false;
        }

        // Left Recursion. If left recursion returns true, set left = 1 else 0
        int left = this.recurseTree(currentNode.left, p, q) ? 1 : 0;

        // Right Recursion
        int right = this.recurseTree(currentNode.right, p, q) ? 1 : 0;

        // If the current node is one of p or q
        int mid = (currentNode == p || currentNode == q) ? 1 : 0;


        // If any two of the flags left, right or mid become True
        if (mid + left + right >= 2) {
            this.ans = currentNode;
        }

        // Return true if any one of the three bool values is True.
        return (mid + left + right > 0);
    }

    public TreeNode lowestCommonAncestor(TreeNode root, TreeNode p, TreeNode q) {
        // Traverse the tree
        this.recurseTree(root, p, q);
        return this.ans;
    }
}