Given a binary tree, find its maximum depth.

The maximum depth is the number of nodes along the longest path from the root node down to the farthest leaf node.

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

public class Solution {
public int maxDepth(TreeNode root) {
return root != null ? (1 + Math.max(maxDepth(root.left), maxDepth(root.right))) : 0;
}
}