LeetCode Q21 Merge Two Sorted Lists

Merge two sorted linked lists and return it as a sorted list. The list should be made by splicing together the nodes of the first two lists.

Input: l1 = [1,2,4], l2 = [1,3,4]
Output: [1,1,2,3,4,4]
Example 2:

Input: l1 = [], l2 = []
Output: []
Example 3:

Input: l1 = [], l2 = [0]
Output: [0]

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/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* public class ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode next;
* ListNode(int x) { val = x; }
*
*/
class Solution
{
public ListNode mergeTwoLists(ListNode l1, ListNode l2)
{
if(l1 == null) return l2;
if(l2 == null) return l1;

if(l1.val < l2.val)
{
l1.next = mergeTwoLists(l1.next, l2);
return l1;
}
else
{
l2.next = mergeTwoLists(l1, l2.next);
return l2;
}

}
}