Diameter of Binary Tree - Better Design

Question

I have written a code for finding diameter of Binary Tree. Need suggestions for the following:

1. Can I do this without using static variable at class level?

Answer 1

The diameter of a tree T is

Diameter(T) = max( Diameter(T.left), Diameter(T.right), Height(T.left)+Height(T.right)+1 )

 private class Data {  
   public int height;  
   public int diameter;  
 }  

 private void diameter(TreeNode root, Data d) {  
   if (root == null) {  
     d.height = 0; d.diameter = 0; return;  
   }  
   diameter(root.left, d); // get data in left subtree  
   int hLeft = d.height;  
   int dLeft = d.diameter;  
   diameter(root.right, d); // overwrite with data in right tree  
   d.diameter = Math.max(Math.max(dLeft, d.diameter), hLeft+d.height+1);  
   d.height = Math.max(hLeft, d.height) + 1;  
 }  

 public int diameter(TreeNode root) {  
   Data data = new Data();  
   diameter(root, data);  
   return data.diameter;  
 }