Find the closest element to a target value in a binary search tree

Input
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Binary Search Tree:
     9
   /   \
  4      17
 / \      \
3   6      22
   / \     /
  5   7   20

target: 18 


Output
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17

class TreeNode {
  int val;
  TreeNode left;
  TreeNode right;
  TreeNode(int val) { 
    this.val = val; 
  }
}

class ClosestElementInBST {
  private static TreeNode findClosestNode(TreeNode node, int target) {
    if (target < node.val && node.left != null) {
      // Closest node is either the current node or a node in the left subtree
      TreeNode closestNodeLeftSubtree = findClosestNode(node.left, target);
      return getClosestNode(node, closestNodeLeftSubtree, target);
    } else if (target > node.val && node.right != null){
      // Closest node is either the current node or a node in the right subtree
      TreeNode closestNodeRightSubtree = findClosestNode(node.right, target);
      return getClosestNode(node, closestNodeRightSubtree, target);
    } else {
      return node;
    }
  }

  private static TreeNode getClosestNode(TreeNode node1, TreeNode node2, int target) {
    if(Math.abs(target - node1.val) < Math.abs(target - node2.val)) {
      return node1;
    } else {
      return node2;
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TreeNode node = new TreeNode(9);
    node.left = new TreeNode(4);
    node.right = new TreeNode(17);

    node.left.left = new TreeNode(3);
    node.left.right = new TreeNode(6);
    node.left.right.left = new TreeNode(5);
    node.left.right.right = new TreeNode(7);

    node.right.right = new TreeNode(22);
    node.right.right.left = new TreeNode(20);

    TreeNode closestNode = findClosestNode(node, 18)
    System.out.println(closestNode.val);
  }
}

class TreeNode {
  int val;
  TreeNode left;
  TreeNode right;
  TreeNode(int val) { 
    this.val = val; 
  }
}

class ClosestElementInBST {

  private static int findClosestValue(TreeNode node, int target) {
    TreeNode currentNode = node;
    int closestValue = currentNode.val;
    double minDiff = Double.MAX_VALUE;

    while(currentNode != null) {
      double currentDiff = Math.abs(target - currentNode.val);
      if(currentDiff < minDiff) {
        minDiff = currentDiff;
        closestValue = currentNode.val;
      }
      if(target < currentNode.val) {
        currentNode = currentNode.left;
      } else if (target > currentNode.val) {
        currentNode = currentNode.right;
      } else {
        break;
      }
    }
    return closestValue;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    TreeNode node = new TreeNode(9);
    node.left = new TreeNode(4);
    node.right = new TreeNode(17);

    node.left.left = new TreeNode(3);
    node.left.right = new TreeNode(6);
    node.left.right.left = new TreeNode(5);
    node.left.right.right = new TreeNode(7);

    node.right.right = new TreeNode(22);
    node.right.right.left = new TreeNode(20);

    System.out.println(findClosestValue(node, 18));
  }
}