Class Palindrome

java.lang.Object
  Palindrome

public class Palindrome
extends java.lang.Object

The Palindrome Java application illustrates the use of a stack and a queue in the same program to determine whether a line is a palindrome. The program ignores everything except alphabetic letters, and it ignores the difference between upper- and lowercase letters.

Java Source Code for this class:

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/applications/Palindrome.java

Constructor Summary

Palindrome()

Method Summary

static boolean	is_palindrome(java.lang.String input) The return value is true if and only if the input string is a palindrome.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) The main method prompts the user for a strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Palindrome

public Palindrome()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

The main method prompts the user for a strings. Each string is read and checked to see whether it is a palindrome. The program ends when the user enters an empty line (just the return key).

is_palindrome

public static boolean is_palindrome(java.lang.String input)

The return value is true if and only if the input string is a palindrome. All non-letters is ignored, and the case of the letters is also ignored.