class Solution {
public List<String> letterCombinations(String digits) {
List<String> combinations = new ArrayList<String>();
if (digits.length() == 0) {
return combinations;
}
Map<Character, String> phoneMap = new HashMap<Character, String>() {{
put('2', "abc");
put('3', "def");
put('4', "ghi");
put('5', "jkl");
put('6', "mno");
put('7', "pqrs");
put('8', "tuv");
put('9', "wxyz");
}};
backtrack(combinations, phoneMap, digits, 0, new StringBuffer());
return combinations;
}

public void backtrack(List<String> combinations, Map<Character, String> phoneMap, String digits, int index, StringBuffer combination) {
if (index == digits.length()) {
combinations.add(combination.toString());
} else {
char digit = digits.charAt(index);
String letters = phoneMap.get(digit);
int lettersCount = letters.length();
for (int i = 0; i < lettersCount; i++) {
combination.append(letters.charAt(i));
backtrack(combinations, phoneMap, digits, index + 1, combination);
combination.deleteCharAt(index);
}
}
}
}