LeetCode20: Valid Parentheses

Given a string containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid.

The brackets must close in the correct order, "()" and "()[]{}" are all valid but "(]" and "([)]" are not.

public class Solution {
    public boolean isValid(String s) {
        // Start typing your Java solution below
        // DO NOT write main() function
        Stack<Character> stack = new Stack<Character>();
        for(int i=0; i<s.length(); i++){
            char ch = s.charAt(i); 
            if(ch=='(' || ch=='[' || ch=='{')
                stack.push(ch);
            else{
                if(ch==')'){
                    if(stack.size()==0 || stack.pop()!='(')
                        return false;
                }
                else if(ch==']'){
                    if(stack.size()==0 || stack.pop()!='[')
                        return false;
                }
                else if(ch=='}'){
                    if(stack.size()==0 || stack.pop()!='{')
                        return false;
                }
            }
        }
        if(stack.size()!=0)
            return false;
        return true;
    }
}

Attention!!!: Need to check stack size before pop()!!!!

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LL's solution:

 public static boolean isValid(String s) {
    	int len = s.length();
    	if(len%2!=0||len<1)
    		return false;
    	Stack st = new Stack();
    	st.push(s.charAt(0));
    	int i = 1;
    	while(!st.isEmpty() || i<len){
    		char c = s.charAt(i);
    		if((c==')' && (char)st.peek()=='(') || (c=='}' && (char)st.peek()=='{') || (c==']' && (char)st.peek()=='['))
    			st.pop();
    		else if(c=='(' || c == '{' || c=='[')
    			st.push(c);
    		else
    			return false;
    		i++;
    	}
    	if(st.isEmpty())
    		return true;
    	else
    		return false;    	
    }