Balanced Brackets Data Structures and Algorithm Cognizant Handson Solution

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import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;

class Result {

    /*
     * Complete the 'isBalanced' function below.
     *
     * The function is expected to return a STRING.
     * The function accepts STRING s as parameter.
     */

    public static String isBalanced(String s) {
    // Write your code here
        Stack<Character> stack=new Stack<Character>();
        for(char c:s.toCharArray()){
            if(c=='(')
                stack.push(')');
            else if(c=='{')
               stack.push('}');
            else if(c=='[')
                stack.push(']');
            else if(stack.isEmpty()||stack.pop()!=c)
                return "NO";
        }   
        return stack.isEmpty() == true ? "YES" : "NO";

    }

}

public class Solution {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(System.getenv("OUTPUT_PATH")));

        int t = Integer.parseInt(bufferedReader.readLine().trim());

        IntStream.range(0, t).forEach(tItr -> {
            try {
                String s = bufferedReader.readLine();

                String result = Result.isBalanced(s);

                bufferedWriter.write(result);
                bufferedWriter.newLine();
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
            }
        });

        bufferedReader.close();
        bufferedWriter.close();
    }
}