Deleting any node from a single linked list when only pointer to that node is given

Question

This is a question posed to me in an interview.

\"A single linked list is there in the memory. You have to delete a node. You need to write a function to delete that

Answer 1

 public void removeNode(Node node){

        /* if no node return null */
        if(node==null) return;

        /* if only 1 node then delete node */
        if(node.getNext()==null) {
            node = null;
            return ;
        }

        /* copy next node data to this node */
        node.data = node.getNext().data();

        /* store the next next node */
        Node second = node.getNext().getNext();

        /* remove next node */
        removeNode(node.getNext());

        /* set the copied node as next */
        node.setNext(second);
     }