Encrypt Sentence in Java using Several Parameters | AskTheCode

Java program that we can use to encrypt a sentence | Problem Solving in Java | AskTheCode

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Problem:

Design a Java program that we can use to encrypt a sentence by using the following methods respectively:

1. Convert all letters to capital.

2. reverseString: reverse the sentence.

3. toNumbers: a method that converts the following letters to numbers:

"O" to zero (0), "S" to $, "L" to 1.

1. beginAndEnd: that add ** at the beginning and at the end of the sentence.

Finally, you should display the encrypted sentence.

Hint: use StringBuilder.

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Sample input:

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Sample output:

**.$RED0C 0T TR0PPU$ GNIDIV0RP R0F YTINUMM0C A - ED0CEHTK$A 0T EM0C1EW**

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Note: We can do the encryption using other classes, and could perform the implementation by other means too, as mention to use StringBuilder (in hint); so we are using String Builder class to perform the encryption.

Code:

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

class EncryptSentence{
	public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
		System.out.println("Enter a string to encrypt: ");
		String str_input = br.readLine();
		System.out.println("The encrypted sentence is:\n"+encrypt(str_input));
	}

	// Method that calls other required methods for encryption
	private static String encrypt(String str) throws StringIndexOutOfBoundsException{
		StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
		s.append(str.toUpperCase());
		// Reversing the sentence
		s = reverseString(s);
		// Performing the conversion
		s = toNumbers(s);
		// Adding '**' at the beginning and at the ending
		s = beginAndEnd(s);
		return s.toString();
	}

	// Method which returns the sentence in reversed order
	private static StringBuilder reverseString(StringBuilder s){
		return s.reverse();
	}

	// Method which is used to convert 'O' to zero, 'S' to $, and 'L' to 1
	private static StringBuilder toNumbers(StringBuilder s){
		for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
			if (s.charAt(i) == 'O') {
				s.setCharAt(i, '0');
			}
			if (s.charAt(i) == 'S') {
				s.setCharAt(i, '$');
			}
			if (s.charAt(i) == 'L') {
				s.setCharAt(i, '1');
			}
		}
		return s;
	}

	// Method to add '**' at the beginning and at the end
	private static StringBuilder beginAndEnd(StringBuilder s){
		s.insert(0,"**");
		s.insert(s.length(),"**");
		return s;
	}
}