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countLeaves

Language/Type: Java binary trees implementing IntTree
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Author: Robert Baxter

Write a method countLeaves that returns the total number of leaf nodes in the tree. For example, the following tree has four leaves (nodes 1, 4, 8, and 9):

               +---+
               | 5 |
               +---+
              /     \
          +---+     +---+
          | 3 |     | 6 |
          +---+     +---+
         /     \         \
     +---+     +---+     +---+
     | 2 |     | 4 |     | 7 |
     +---+     +---+     +---+
    /                   /     \
+---+               +---+     +---+
| 1 |               | 8 |     | 9 |
+---+               +---+     +---+

Assume that you are adding this method to the IntTree class as defined below:

public class IntTree {
    private IntTreeNode overallRoot;
    ...
}
Type your solution here:


This is a partial class problem. Submit code that will become part of an existing Java class as described. You do not need to write the complete class, just the portion described in the problem.

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