Re: String Reverse

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:32:47 -0400
Message-ID:
<IeednSum9pLi6pLanZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d@comcast.com>
Malinbeg wrote:

String reverse (String in)
    throws IOException


To the OP:
This is an example, bear in mind. In Real Life trap and log exceptions at the
point of occurrence, then perform a strategic recovery (possibly to exit the
app?).

{
    Reader reader = new StringReader(in);


Note the good use of an interface variable type with a concrete implementation
run-time type. This is a best practice.

    Stack<Character> stack = new Stack();


Oops. "new Stack<Character>()".

    int ch;


The scope of "ch" is too wide. Put it into a for loop.

    while ((ch = reader.read()) != -1)
    {
        stack.push((char)ch);
    }

    Writer writer = new StringWriter();


This one cannot go into a for loop because the value is needed after the loop.

    while (!stack.isEmpty())
    {
        writer.write(stack.pop());
    }

    String reversed = writer.toString();

    return reversed;
}


There are ways that follow this pattern without using java.io, also.

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Lew

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