我为此做了一个改进的算法，可以很好地处理不同大小的节点。它使用行自上而下地打印。

package alg;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;


/**
 * Binary tree printer
 * 
 * @author MightyPork
 */
public class TreePrinter
{
    /** Node that can be printed */
    public interface PrintableNode
    {
        /** Get left child */
        PrintableNode getLeft();


        /** Get right child */
        PrintableNode getRight();


        /** Get text to be printed */
        String getText();
    }


    /**
     * Print a tree
     * 
     * @param root
     *            tree root node
     */
    public static void print(PrintableNode root)
    {
        List<List<String>> lines = new ArrayList<List<String>>();

        List<PrintableNode> level = new ArrayList<PrintableNode>();
        List<PrintableNode> next = new ArrayList<PrintableNode>();

        level.add(root);
        int nn = 1;

        int widest = 0;

        while (nn != 0) {
            List<String> line = new ArrayList<String>();

            nn = 0;

            for (PrintableNode n : level) {
                if (n == null) {
                    line.add(null);

                    next.add(null);
                    next.add(null);
                } else {
                    String aa = n.getText();
                    line.add(aa);
                    if (aa.length() > widest) widest = aa.length();

                    next.add(n.getLeft());
                    next.add(n.getRight());

                    if (n.getLeft() != null) nn++;
                    if (n.getRight() != null) nn++;
                }
            }

            if (widest % 2 == 1) widest++;

            lines.add(line);

            List<PrintableNode> tmp = level;
            level = next;
            next = tmp;
            next.clear();
        }

        int perpiece = lines.get(lines.size() - 1).size() * (widest + 4);
        for (int i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++) {
            List<String> line = lines.get(i);
            int hpw = (int) Math.floor(perpiece / 2f) - 1;

            if (i > 0) {
                for (int j = 0; j < line.size(); j++) {

                    // split node
                    char c = ' ';
                    if (j % 2 == 1) {
                        if (line.get(j - 1) != null) {
                            c = (line.get(j) != null) ? '┴' : '┘';
                        } else {
                            if (j < line.size() && line.get(j) != null) c = '└';
                        }
                    }
                    System.out.print(c);

                    // lines and spaces
                    if (line.get(j) == null) {
                        for (int k = 0; k < perpiece - 1; k++) {
                            System.out.print(" ");
                        }
                    } else {

                        for (int k = 0; k < hpw; k++) {
                            System.out.print(j % 2 == 0 ? " " : "─");
                        }
                        System.out.print(j % 2 == 0 ? "┌" : "┐");
                        for (int k = 0; k < hpw; k++) {
                            System.out.print(j % 2 == 0 ? "─" : " ");
                        }
                    }
                }
                System.out.println();
            }

            // print line of numbers
            for (int j = 0; j < line.size(); j++) {

                String f = line.get(j);
                if (f == null) f = "";
                int gap1 = (int) Math.ceil(perpiece / 2f - f.length() / 2f);
                int gap2 = (int) Math.floor(perpiece / 2f - f.length() / 2f);

                // a number
                for (int k = 0; k < gap1; k++) {
                    System.out.print(" ");
                }
                System.out.print(f);
                for (int k = 0; k < gap2; k++) {
                    System.out.print(" ");
                }
            }
            System.out.println();

            perpiece /= 2;
        }
    }
}

要在树中使用它，让Node类实现PrintableNode。

示例输出:

                                         2952:0                                             
                    ┌───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┐                       
                 1249:-1                                         5866:0                     
        ┌───────────┴───────────┐                       ┌───────────┴───────────┐           
     491:-1                  1572:0                  4786:1                  6190:0         
  ┌─────┘                                               └─────┐           ┌─────┴─────┐     
339:0                                                      5717:0      6061:0      6271:0   

你的树每一层需要两倍的距离:

       a
      / \
     /   \
    /     \
   /       \
   b       c
  / \     / \
 /   \   /   \
 d   e   f   g
/ \ / \ / \ / \
h i j k l m n o

你可以将你的树保存在一个数组的数组中，每个数组对应一个深度:

[[a],[b,c],[d,e,f,g],[h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o]]

如果你的树没有满，你需要在数组中包含空值:

       a
      / \
     /   \
    /     \
   /       \
   b       c
  / \     / \
 /   \   /   \
 d   e   f   g
/ \   \ / \   \
h i   k l m   o
[[a],[b,c],[d,e,f,g],[h,i, ,k,l,m, ,o]]

然后你可以遍历数组来打印你的树，根据深度打印第一个元素之前和元素之间的空格，根据下一层数组中对应的元素是否被填充打印行。 如果您的值可以超过一个字符长，您需要在创建数组表示时找到最长的值，并相应地乘以所有宽度和行数。

public static class Node<T extends Comparable<T>> {
    T value;
    Node<T> left, right;

    public void insertToTree(T v) {
        if (value == null) {
            value = v;
            return;
        }
        if (v.compareTo(value) < 0) {
            if (left == null) {
                left = new Node<T>();
            }
            left.insertToTree(v);
        } else {
            if (right == null) {
                right = new Node<T>();
            }
            right.insertToTree(v);
        }
    }

    public void printTree(OutputStreamWriter out) throws IOException {
        if (right != null) {
            right.printTree(out, true, "");
        }
        printNodeValue(out);
        if (left != null) {
            left.printTree(out, false, "");
        }
    }
    private void printNodeValue(OutputStreamWriter out) throws IOException {
        if (value == null) {
            out.write("<null>");
        } else {
            out.write(value.toString());
        }
        out.write('\n');
    }
    // use string and not stringbuffer on purpose as we need to change the indent at each recursion
    private void printTree(OutputStreamWriter out, boolean isRight, String indent) throws IOException {
        if (right != null) {
            right.printTree(out, true, indent + (isRight ? "        " : " |      "));
        }
        out.write(indent);
        if (isRight) {
            out.write(" /");
        } else {
            out.write(" \\");
        }
        out.write("----- ");
        printNodeValue(out);
        if (left != null) {
            left.printTree(out, false, indent + (isRight ? " |      " : "        "));
        }
    }

}

将打印:

                 /----- 20
                 |       \----- 15
         /----- 14
         |       \----- 13
 /----- 12
 |       |       /----- 11
 |       \----- 10
 |               \----- 9
8
 |               /----- 7
 |       /----- 6
 |       |       \----- 5
 \----- 4
         |       /----- 3
         \----- 2
                 \----- 1

对于输入

8 4 12 2 6 10 14 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 20 15

这是@anurag回答的一个变体——看到额外的|让我很烦

public void printPreety() {
    List<TreeNode> list = new ArrayList<TreeNode>();
    list.add(head);
    printTree(list, getHeight(head));
}

public int getHeight(TreeNode head) {

    if (head == null) {
        return 0;
    } else {
        return 1 + Math.max(getHeight(head.left), getHeight(head.right));
    }
}

/**
 * pass head node in list and height of the tree 
 * 
 * @param levelNodes
 * @param level
 */
private void printTree(List<TreeNode> levelNodes, int level) {

    List<TreeNode> nodes = new ArrayList<TreeNode>();

    //indentation for first node in given level
    printIndentForLevel(level);

    for (TreeNode treeNode : levelNodes) {

        //print node data
        System.out.print(treeNode == null?" ":treeNode.data);

        //spacing between nodes
        printSpacingBetweenNodes(level);

        //if its not a leaf node
        if(level>1){
            nodes.add(treeNode == null? null:treeNode.left);
            nodes.add(treeNode == null? null:treeNode.right);
        }
    }
    System.out.println();

    if(level>1){        
        printTree(nodes, level-1);
    }
}

private void printIndentForLevel(int level){
    for (int i = (int) (Math.pow(2,level-1)); i >0; i--) {
        System.out.print(" ");
    }
}

private void printSpacingBetweenNodes(int level){
    //spacing between nodes
    for (int i = (int) ((Math.pow(2,level-1))*2)-1; i >0; i--) {
        System.out.print(" ");
    }
}


Prints Tree in following format:
                4                               
        3               7               
    1               5       8       
      2                       10   
                             9   

根据VasyaNovikov的回答。改进了一些Java魔术:泛型和函数接口。

/**
 * Print a tree structure in a pretty ASCII fromat.
 * @param prefix Currnet previx. Use "" in initial call!
 * @param node The current node. Pass the root node of your tree in initial call.
 * @param getChildrenFunc A {@link Function} that returns the children of a given node.
 * @param isTail Is node the last of its sibblings. Use true in initial call. (This is needed for pretty printing.)
 * @param <T> The type of your nodes. Anything that has a toString can be used.
 */
private <T> void printTreeRec(String prefix, T node, Function<T, List<T>> getChildrenFunc, boolean isTail) {
    String nodeName = node.toString();
    String nodeConnection = isTail ? "└── " : "├── ";
    log.debug(prefix + nodeConnection + nodeName);
    List<T> children = getChildrenFunc.apply(node);
    for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
        String newPrefix = prefix + (isTail ? "    " : "│   ");
        printTreeRec(newPrefix, children.get(i), getChildrenFunc, i == children.size()-1);
    }
}

初始调用示例:

Function<ChecksumModel, List<ChecksumModel>> getChildrenFunc = node -> getChildrenOf(node)
printTreeRec("", rootNode, getChildrenFunc, true);

将输出如下内容

└── rootNode
    ├── childNode1
    ├── childNode2
    │   ├── childNode2.1
    │   ├── childNode2.2
    │   └── childNode2.3
    ├── childNode3
    └── childNode4

在控制台打印:

                                                500
                       700                                             300   
    200                                   400                                                                                          

简单代码:

public int getHeight()
    {
        if(rootNode == null) return -1;
        return getHeight(rootNode);
    }

    private int getHeight(Node node)
    {
        if(node == null) return -1;

        return Math.max(getHeight(node.left), getHeight(node.right)) + 1;
    }

    public void printBinaryTree(Node rootNode)
    {
        Queue<Node> rootsQueue = new LinkedList<Node>();
        Queue<Node> levelQueue = new LinkedList<Node>();
        levelQueue.add(rootNode);
        int treeHeight = getHeight();
        int firstNodeGap;
        int internalNodeGap;
        int copyinternalNodeGap;
        while(true)
        {
            System.out.println("");
            internalNodeGap = (int)(Math.pow(2, treeHeight + 1) -1);  
            copyinternalNodeGap = internalNodeGap;
            firstNodeGap = internalNodeGap/2;

            boolean levelFirstNode = true;

            while(!levelQueue.isEmpty())
            {
                internalNodeGap = copyinternalNodeGap;
                Node currNode = levelQueue.poll();
                if(currNode != null)
                {
                    if(levelFirstNode)
                    {
                        while(firstNodeGap > 0)
                        {
                            System.out.format("%s", "   ");
                            firstNodeGap--; 
                        }
                        levelFirstNode =false;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        while(internalNodeGap>0)
                        {
                            internalNodeGap--;
                            System.out.format("%s", "   ");
                        }
                    }
                    System.out.format("%3d",currNode.data);
                    rootsQueue.add(currNode);
                }
            }

            --treeHeight;

            while(!rootsQueue.isEmpty())
            {
                Node currNode = rootsQueue.poll();
                if(currNode != null)
                {
                    levelQueue.add(currNode.left);
                    levelQueue.add(currNode.right);
                }
            }

            if(levelQueue.isEmpty()) break;
        }

    }