Java says this method has a constructor name

I want to return the value of my array plus the return value of the recursive call

But for some reason, Java doesn't want to have a method name after the constructor

In addition, when I try to convert a method to another method, I make an error when using ispalindrome

I changed my program, but I still encountered errors

public class ispalindrome
{
    /**
     * This is the main entry point for the application
     * @return 
     */
    public static boolean main(String[] args) 
    {

    String[] word = {"KayaK","Desserts,I stressed"};



    boolean ispalindrome(String[] array,String s,String i)
    {

        if(i.charAt(0) == s.charAt(0))
        {
            System.out.println("You entered a palindrome");
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            System.out.println("You didn't entered a palindrome");
        }
    }


        try 
        {
            system.in.read();
        } 
        catch (Throwable t) 
        {

        }
}

}

Solution

You cannot use a class name as the name of a method The only "method" that can share a name with a class is the constructor

One solution is to rename your class from ispalindrome to palindromefinder or something This can also be better consistent with the Java Naming Convention

Editor: Please note that you have never actually invoked your method in main. You tried to assign a local variable to ispalindrome This does not actually call the method You need to call this method with ispalindrome (... Put your parameters here...) and store the result in a variable with an unused name

Also note that a method can only return a single value (single primitive or single object) If you really want to return an array and a Boolean value (I'm not sure you do), you must store them in an object and return the object