shortestDistanceFromAllBuildings.java

// You want to build a house on an empty land which reaches all buildings in the shortest amount of distance. 
// You can only move up, down, left and right. You are given a 2D grid of values 0, 1 or 2, where:

// Each 0 marks an empty land which you can pass by freely.
// Each 1 marks a building which you cannot pass through.
// Each 2 marks an obstacle which you cannot pass through.
// Example:

// Input: [[1,0,2,0,1],[0,0,0,0,0],[0,0,1,0,0]]

// 1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 1
// |   |   |   |   |
// 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0
// |   |   |   |   |
// 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0

// Output: 7 

// Explanation: Given three buildings at (0,0), (0,4), (2,2), and an obstacle at (0,2),
//              the point (1,2) is an ideal empty land to build a house, as the total 
//              travel distance of 3+3+1=7 is minimal. So return 7.



BFS SOLUION, similar to atlantic pacific waterflow\

//TC: O(MxN)
//SC: O(MxN) 
public class Solution {
    public int shortestDistance(int[][] grid) {
        if (grid == null || grid[0].length == 0) return 0;
        final int[] shift = new int[] {0, 1, 0, -1, 0};
        
        int row  = grid.length, col = grid[0].length;
        int[][] distance = new int[row][col];
        int[][] reach = new int[row][col];
        int buildingNum = 0;
        
        for (int i = 0; i < row; i++) {
            for (int j =0; j < col; j++) {
                if (grid[i][j] == 1) {
                    buildingNum++;
                    Queue<int[]> myQueue = new LinkedList<int[]>();
                    myQueue.offer(new int[] {i,j});

                    boolean[][] isVisited = new boolean[row][col];
                    int level = 1;
                    
                    while (!myQueue.isEmpty()) {
                        int qSize = myQueue.size();
                        for (int q = 0; q < qSize; q++) {
                            int[] curr = myQueue.poll();
                            
                            for (int k = 0; k < 4; k++) {
                                int nextRow = curr[0] + shift[k];
                                int nextCol = curr[1] + shift[k + 1];
                                
                                if (nextRow >= 0 && nextRow < row && nextCol >= 0 && nextCol < col
                                    && grid[nextRow][nextCol] == 0 && !isVisited[nextRow][nextCol]) {
                                        //The shortest distance from [nextRow][nextCol] to thic building
                                        // is 'level'.
                                        distance[nextRow][nextCol] += level;
                                        reach[nextRow][nextCol]++;
                                        
                                        isVisited[nextRow][nextCol] = true;
                                        myQueue.offer(new int[] {nextRow, nextCol});
                                    }
                            }
                        }
                        level++;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        
        int shortest = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        for (int i = 0; i < row; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < col; j++) {
                if (grid[i][j] == 0 && reach[i][j] == buildingNum) {
                    shortest = Math.min(shortest, distance[i][j]);
                }
            }
        }
        
        return shortest == Integer.MAX_VALUE ? -1 : shortest;
        
    }
}