How to determine if binary tree is balanced?

Question

It\'s been a while from those school years. Got a job as IT specialist at a hospital. Trying to move to do some actual programming now. I\'m working on binary trees now, a

Answer 1

public int height(Node node){
    if(node==null)return 0;
    else{
        int l=height(node.leftChild);
        int r=height(node.rightChild);
       return(l>r?l+1:r+1);

}}
public boolean balanced(Node n){

    int l= height(n.leftChild);
    int r= height(n.rightChild);

    System.out.println(l + " " +r);
    if(Math.abs(l-r)>1)
        return false;
    else 
        return true;
    }