Solution.java

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode() {}
 *     ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }
 *     ListNode(int val, ListNode next) { this.val = val; this.next = next; }
 * }
 */
class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        int n = lists.length;
        if (n == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; ++i) {
            lists[i + 1] = mergeLists(lists[i], lists[i + 1]);
        }
        return lists[n - 1];
    }

    private ListNode mergeLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2) {
        ListNode dummy = new ListNode();
        ListNode cur = dummy;
        while (l1 != null && l2 != null) {
            if (l1.val <= l2.val) {
                cur.next = l1;
                l1 = l1.next;
            } else {
                cur.next = l2;
                l2 = l2.next;
            }
            cur = cur.next;
        }
        cur.next = l1 == null ? l2 : l1;
        return dummy.next;
    }
}