Java balanced expressions check {[()]}

Question

I am trying to create a program that takes a string as an argument into its constructor. I need a method that checks whether the string is a balanced parenthesized expressio

Answer 1

Please try this.

    import java.util.Stack;

    public class PatternMatcher {
        static String[] patterns = { "{([])}", "{}[]()", "(}{}]]", "{()", "{}" };
        static String openItems = "{([";

        boolean isOpen(String sy) {
            return openItems.contains(sy);
        }

        String getOpenSymbol(String byCloseSymbol) {
            switch (byCloseSymbol) {
            case "}":
                return "{";
            case "]":
                return "[";
            case ")":
                return "(";

            default:
                return null;
            }
        }

        boolean isValid(String pattern) {

            if(pattern == null) {
                return false;
            }

            Stack stack = new Stack();
            char[] symbols = pattern.toCharArray();

            if (symbols.length == 0 || symbols.length % 2 != 0) {
                return false;
            }

            for (char c : symbols) {
                String symbol = Character.toString(c);
                if (isOpen(symbol)) {
                    stack.push(symbol);
                } else {
                    String openSymbol = getOpenSymbol(symbol);
                    if (stack.isEmpty() 
                            || openSymbol == null 
                            || !openSymbol.equals(stack.pop())) {
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }
            return stack.isEmpty();
        }

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            PatternMatcher patternMatcher = new PatternMatcher();

            for (String pattern : patterns) {
                boolean valid = patternMatcher.isValid(pattern);
                System.out.println(pattern + "\t" + valid);
            }
        }

    }