@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ public class SimpleSubCipher {
1919 * @param cipherSmall
2020 * @return Encrypted message
2121 */
22- public static String encode (String message , String cipherSmall ) {
23- String encoded = "" ;
22+ public String encode (String message , String cipherSmall ) {
23+ StringBuilder encoded = new StringBuilder () ;
2424
2525 // This map is used to encode
2626 Map <Character , Character > cipherMap = new HashMap <>();
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ public static String encode(String message, String cipherSmall) {
3939
4040 for (int i = 0 ; i < message .length (); i ++) {
4141 if (Character .isAlphabetic (message .charAt (i ))) {
42- encoded += cipherMap .get (message .charAt (i ));
42+ encoded . append ( cipherMap .get (message .charAt (i ) ));
4343 } else {
44- encoded += message .charAt (i );
44+ encoded . append ( message .charAt (i ) );
4545 }
4646 }
4747
48- return encoded ;
48+ return encoded . toString () ;
4949 }
5050
5151 /**
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ public static String encode(String message, String cipherSmall) {
5656 * @param cipherSmall
5757 * @return message
5858 */
59- public static String decode (String encryptedMessage , String cipherSmall ) {
60- String decoded = "" ;
59+ public String decode (String encryptedMessage , String cipherSmall ) {
60+ StringBuilder decoded = new StringBuilder () ;
6161
62- Map <Character , Character > cipherMap = new HashMap <Character , Character >();
62+ Map <Character , Character > cipherMap = new HashMap <>();
6363
6464 char beginSmallLetter = 'a' ;
6565 char beginCapitalLetter = 'A' ;
@@ -74,21 +74,13 @@ public static String decode(String encryptedMessage, String cipherSmall) {
7474
7575 for (int i = 0 ; i < encryptedMessage .length (); i ++) {
7676 if (Character .isAlphabetic (encryptedMessage .charAt (i ))) {
77- decoded += cipherMap .get (encryptedMessage .charAt (i ));
77+ decoded . append ( cipherMap .get (encryptedMessage .charAt (i ) ));
7878 } else {
79- decoded += encryptedMessage .charAt (i );
79+ decoded . append ( encryptedMessage .charAt (i ) );
8080 }
8181 }
8282
83- return decoded ;
83+ return decoded . toString () ;
8484 }
8585
86- public static void main (String [] args ) {
87- String a = encode (
88- "defend the east wall of the castle" ,
89- "phqgiumeaylnofdxjkrcvstzwb"
90- );
91- String b = decode (a , "phqgiumeaylnofdxjkrcvstzwb" );
92- System .out .println (b );
93- }
9486}
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