This method is part of the Binary Search Tree implementation. Question: Replace

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 This method is part of the Binary Search Tree implementation.   Question: Replace the put(K key, V value) method with a recursive method – i.e. one that doesn’t use a loop.  public void put(K key, V value)         {                 if (root == null)                 {                         TreeNode node = new TreeNode(key, value);                         this.root = node;                 }                 else                 {                         TreeNode current = root;                         while (current != null)                         {                                 int c = key.compareTo(current.key);                                 //      key == current.key                                 if (c == 0)                                 {                                         current.value = value;                                         return;                                 }                                 //      key < current.key                                 else if (c < 0)                                 {                                         if (current.left != null)                                         {                                                 current = current.left;                                         }                                         else                                         {                                                 TreeNode node = new TreeNode(key, value);                                                 current.left = node;                                         }                                 }                                 //c > 0, i.e. key > current.key                                 else                                 {                                         if (current.right != null)                                         {                                                 current = current.right;                                         }                                         else                                         {                                                 TreeNode node = new TreeNode(key, value);                                                 current.right = node;                                         }                                 }                         }                 }         } 

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public Node put(Node temp, K key, V value) { if(temp == null) { return new TreeNode(key, value); } else if(key.compareTo(temp.key) < 0) { temp.left = put(temp.left, key, value); return temp; } else { temp.right = put(temp.right, key, value); return temp; } } public void put(K key, V value) { this.root = put(this.root, key, value); }

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