Problem: 2063C - Remove Exactly Two
Language: java

Solution 1 (runtime: 702 ms):
import javax.swing.tree.TreeNode;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * @Author: _Djhhh
 * @Introduction：
 */

public class Main {
    static FastReader fr = new FastReader();
    static FastWriter fw = new FastWriter();

    public static void solve() {
        int n=fr.nextInt();
        int[] in = new int[n];
        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> to = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            to.add(new ArrayList<>());
        }
        for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){
            int x=fr.nextInt()-1;
            int y=fr.nextInt()-1;
            in[x]++;
            in[y]++;
            to.get(x).add(y);
            to.get(y).add(x);
        }
        int mx=0;
        int id1=0;
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            if(in[i]>=mx){
                mx=in[i];
                int cnt=0;
                for(var y:to.get(i)){
                    if(in[y]==mx)cnt++;
                }
                if(cnt>=2)continue;
                id1=i;
            }
        }
        for(var y:to.get(id1)){
            in[y]--;
        }
        in[id1]=0;
        int mn=0;
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
            if(in[i]>=mn&&i!=id1){
                mn=in[i];
            }
        }
        fw.println((mx+mn-1));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int t = 1;
        t = fr.nextInt();
        while (t-- > 0) solve();
    }
}

class DSU {
    int n;
    int[] fa;
    int[] dep;
    int[] siz;
    int[] edges;
    boolean[] v;
    DSU(int n) {
        fa = new int[n];
        dep = new int[n];
        siz = new int[n];
        edges = new int[n];
        v = new boolean[n];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            fa[i] = i;
            dep[i] = 0;
            siz[i] = 1;
            edges[i] = 0;
            v[i]=false;
        }
    }
    int look(int x) {
        if (fa[x] == x) return x;
        else return fa[x] = look(fa[x]);
    }
    void merge(int x, int y) {
        v[x]=v[y]=true;
        int xx = look(x);
        int yy = look(y);
        if (xx == yy) return;
        edges[xx] += edges[yy] + 1;
        siz[xx] += siz[yy];
        if (dep[xx] < dep[yy]) {
            fa[xx] = yy;
        } else {
            fa[yy] = xx;
        }

        if (dep[xx] == dep[yy]) dep[xx]++;
    }
    boolean isMerge(int x, int y) {
        return look(x) == look(y);
    }
    int getSize(int x) {
        return siz[look(x)];
    }
    int getEdges(int x) {
        return edges[look(x)];
    }
}
class Pair<T1, T2> {
    private T1 first;
    private T2 second;

    public Pair(T1 first, T2 second) {
        this.first = first;
        this.second = second;
    }
    public void setFirst(T1 first) {
        this.first=first;
    }

    public void setSecond(T2 second) {
        this.second=second;
    }
    public T1 getFirst() {
        return first;
    }

    public T2 getSecond() {
        return second;
    }
}
class Algorithm {
    /**
     * 查找第一个大于等于 x 的位置
     * @param arr 查找数组
     * @param x 值
     * @param L 左边界
     * @param R 右边界
     * @return 第一个大于等于 x 的位置
     */
    public static int lowBs(int[] arr, long x, int L, int R){
        int l = L;
        int r = R;
        int res = R + 1;
        while(l <= r){
            int mid = l+r>>1;
            if(arr[mid] >= x){
                res = mid;
                r = mid - 1;
            }
            else{
                l = mid + 1;
            }
        }
        return res;
    }

    /**
     * 查找第一个大于 x 的位置
     * @param arr 查找数组
     * @param x 值
     * @param L 左边界
     * @param R 右边界
     * @return 第一个大于 x 的位置
     */
    public static int highBs(int[] arr, long x, int L, int R) {
        int l = L;
        int r = R;
        int res = R + 1;
        while(l <= r){
            int mid = l+r>>1;
            if(arr[mid] > x){
                res = mid;
                r = mid -1;
            }
            else{
                l = mid +1;
            }
        }
        return res;
    }
}
class FastReader {
    BufferedReader br;
    StringTokenizer st;

    public FastReader() {
        br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    }

    String next() {
        while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
            try {
                st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return st.nextToken();
    }

    int nextInt() {
        return Integer.parseInt(next());
    }

    long nextLong() {
        return Long.parseLong(next());
    }

    double nextDouble() {
        return Double.parseDouble(next());
    }

    String nextLine() {
        String str = "";
        try {
            str = br.readLine();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return str;
    }

    int[] nextIntArray() {
        String line = nextLine();
        String[] strNums = line.split("\\s+");
        int[] arr = new int[strNums.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < strNums.length; i++) {
            arr[i] = Integer.parseInt(strNums[i]);
        }
        return arr;
    }

    long[] nextLongArray() {
        String line = nextLine();
        String[] strNums = line.split("\\s+");
        long[] arr = new long[strNums.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < strNums.length; i++) {
            arr[i] = Long.parseLong(strNums[i]);
        }
        return arr;
    }

    char[] nextCharArray() {
        String line = nextLine();
        String[] strNums = line.split("\\s+");
        char[] arr = new char[strNums.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < strNums.length; i++) {
            arr[i] = strNums[i].charAt(0);
        }
        return arr;
    }

    char[] StringtoChar() {
        String line = nextLine();
        return line.toCharArray();
    }
}
class FastWriter {
    private final PrintWriter writer;

    public FastWriter() {
        writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out)), true);
    }

    public void print(Object object) {
        writer.print(object);
    }

    public void println(Object object) {
        writer.println(object);
    }

    public void flush() {
        writer.flush();
    }
}

Solution 2 (runtime: 905 ms):

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    static int m = 1000000007, M = 998244353;
    static long inf = (long) 1e18;

    static long timer = 0, max = -1;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FastReader next = new FastReader();
        int t = next.nextInt();
        l1:
        while (t-- > 0) {
            int n = next.nextInt();

            ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> lists = new ArrayList<>();
            int[] subTreeSize = new int[n + 1];
            int[] inTime = new int[n + 1], outTime = new int[n + 1];

            for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
                lists.add(new ArrayList<>());
            }

            int[] neighbours = new int[n + 1];

            int p = 1;
            for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
                int v = next.nextInt();
                int u = next.nextInt();
                lists.get(v).add(u);
                lists.get(u).add(v);
            }
            int res = 0;
            int first = 0, second = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
                if (lists.get(i).size() >= lists.get(first).size()) {
                    second = first;
                    first = i;
                } else {
                    if (lists.get(i).size() >= lists.get(second).size()) {
                        second = i;
                    }
                }
            }
//            System.out.println(lists);
            int max1= lists.get(first).size();
            int max2 = lists.get(second).size();
//            System.out.println(first  +" "+ second);
            ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> tem = deepCopy(lists);
            removeNodeEdges(tem, first);
//            System.out.println(tem);
            int f1 = findMaxDegree(tem);
            tem = deepCopy(lists);
            removeNodeEdges(tem, second);
//            System.out.println(tem);
            int f2 = findMaxDegree(tem);
//            ArrayList<Integer> first = lists.get(0), sec = lists.get(1);

            System.out.println(Math.max(max1 + f1 - 1, max2 + f2 - 1));
        }
    }

    private static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> deepCopy(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> original) {
        ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> copy = new ArrayList<>();
        for (ArrayList<Integer> list : original) {
            copy.add(new ArrayList<>(list));
        }
        return copy;
    }

    // Remove all edges connected to the given node
    private static void removeNodeEdges(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjList, int node) {
        int ct = 0;
        for (ArrayList<Integer> neighbors : adjList) {
            if (ct == node){
                neighbors.clear();
                ct++;
                continue;
            }
            neighbors.removeIf(e -> e == node);
            ct++;
        }
    }

    // Find the maximum degree of any node in the adjacency list
    private static int findMaxDegree(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjList) {
        int maxDegree = 0;
        for (ArrayList<Integer> neighbors : adjList) {
            maxDegree = Math.max(maxDegree, neighbors.size());
        }
        return maxDegree;
    }
    // Depth-First Search to count valid paths
    public static void dfs(int currentNode, int parent, ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adjacencyList, int[] size, int[] in, int[] out) {
        size[currentNode] = 1;
        // Flag to check if current node is a leaf
        boolean isLeaf = true;

        // Traverse all connected nodes
        for (int neighbor : adjacencyList.get(currentNode)) {
            if (neighbor != parent) {
                isLeaf = false; // Not a leaf as it has a child
                dfs(neighbor, currentNode, adjacencyList, size, in, out);
                size[currentNode] += size[neighbor];
            }
        }
    }

    public static int[] shortestDistanceToLeaf(int n, ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adj) {
        int[] dist = new int[n + 1];
        Arrays.fill(dist, -1);  // -1 indicates that the vertex has not been visited.
        Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();

        // Special case: if the tree contains only one node, it is itself a leaf.
        if (n == 1) {
            dist[1] = 0;
            return dist;
        }

        // Identify all leaf nodes.
        // A vertex is a leaf if it has 0 or 1 neighbor.
        // (Typically, in a connected tree, leaves will have exactly 1 neighbor.)
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
            if (adj.get(i).size() <= 1) {
                dist[i] = 0;
                queue.offer(i);
            }
        }

        // Multi-source BFS: propagate distances from all leaves simultaneously.
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int current = queue.poll();
            for (int neighbor : adj.get(current)) {
                if (dist[neighbor] == -1) {  // Not visited yet.
                    dist[neighbor] = dist[current] + 1;
                    queue.offer(neighbor);
                }
            }
        }
        return dist;
    }

    static void printTreeLevels(ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> graph, int root, int n) {
        Queue<Integer> queue = new LinkedList<>();
        boolean[] visited = new boolean[n];

        queue.add(root);
        visited[root] = true;

        int level = 0;
        while (!queue.isEmpty()) {
            int size = queue.size();
            System.out.print("Level " + level + ": ");

            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                int node = queue.poll();
                System.out.print(node + " ");

                for (int neighbor : graph.get(node)) {
                    if (!visited[neighbor]) {
                        visited[neighbor] = true;
                        queue.add(neighbor);
                    }
                }
            }
            System.out.println();
            level++;
        }
    }

    private static boolean isAncestor(int x, int y, int[] in, int[] out) {
        return in[x] <= in[y] && out[x] >= out[y];
    }


    public static int lowerBound(ArrayList<Integer> arr, long target, int start, int end) {
        int left = start, right = end;
        while (left <= right) {
            int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
            if (arr.get(mid) < target) {
                left = mid + 1;
            } else {
                right = mid - 1;
            }
        }
        return left;
    }

    public static class FastReader {
        BufferedReader br;
        StringTokenizer st;

        public FastReader() {
            br = new BufferedReader(
                    new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        }

        String next() {
            while (st == null || !st.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
            return st.nextToken();
        }

        int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

        long nextLong() {
            return Long.parseLong(next());
        }

        double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }

        String nextLine() {
            String str = "";
            try {
                if (st.hasMoreTokens()) {
                    str = st.nextToken("\n");
                } else {
                    str = br.readLine();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return str;
        }
    }
}