/**
 * Example:
 * var ti = TreeNode(5)
 * var v = ti.`val`
 * Definition for a binary tree node.
 * class TreeNode(var `val`: Int) {
 *     var left: TreeNode? = null
 *     var right: TreeNode? = null
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    private data class SpecialRange(val min: Int? = null, val max: Int? = null) {
        fun check(x: Int): Boolean =
            (min == null || x > min) && (max == null || x < max)
    }

    private fun isValidBST(root: TreeNode?, range: SpecialRange): Boolean =
        when (root) {
            null -> true
            else -> range.check(root.`val`)
                && isValidBST(root.left, range.copy(max=root.`val`))
                && isValidBST(root.right, range.copy(min=root.`val`))
        }

    fun isValidBST(root: TreeNode?): Boolean = isValidBST(root, SpecialRange())
}