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i need to include "parenthesis" in the equation in my program but i dont know how. some help or suggestions.

package client;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.Vector;

public class InfixPostfix{

    private Stack<Character> output = new Stack<Character>();
    private Stack<Character> operator = new Stack<Character>();
    private Vector<String> temp = new Vector<String>();
    private Vector<String> finaloutput = new Vector<String>();
    private Vector<Character> infix = new Vector<Character>();
    private Enumeration<Character>temp_elem;
    private int counter=0;

    public InfixPostfix(String InFile)throws IOException{
        this.reader(InFile);
    }

    private void reader(String inFileName)throws IOException{
        String Line;
        BufferedReader inFile = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inFileName));
        Line = inFile.readLine();
        while(Line!=null)
        {
            temp.add(Line);
            counter++;
            Line = inFile.readLine();
        }
        inFile.close();
        infix();
    }

    private void infix(){
        String formula = temp.elementAt(counter-1);
        for(int a=0;a<formula.length();a++)
        {
            infix.add(formula.charAt(a));
        }
        postfix();
    }

    private void postfix(){
        char ch;
        boolean flag=true;
        temp_elem=infix.elements();

        while(temp_elem.hasMoreElements()){
            ch=temp_elem.nextElement();
            if(this.isOperand(ch))
            {
                output.push(ch);
            }
            else if(this.isOperator(ch))
            {
                if(operator.empty())
                    operator.push(ch);
                else if (this.Precedence(operator.peek()) < this.Precedence(ch)){
                    operator.push(ch);
                }
                else{
                    output.push(operator.peek());
                    operator.pop();
                    int len = operator.size();
                    for(int i=0; i<len; i++){
                        flag=false;
                        if(this.Precedence(operator.peek()) < this.Precedence(ch)){
                            operator.push(ch);
                            break;
                        }
                        else{
                            output.push(operator.peek());
                            operator.pop();
                            flag=true;
                        }
                    }
                    if(flag)operator.push(ch);
                }
            }
        }
        while(operator.empty()==false){
            output.push(operator.peek());
            operator.pop();
        }System.out.println("Postfix: "+output);
        convert();
    }


    private boolean isOperator(char ch)
    {
        if ((ch=='+')||(ch=='-')||(ch=='*')||(ch=='/'))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }

    private boolean isOperand(char ch)
    {
        if ((ch>='a' && ch<='z') || (ch>='0' && ch<='9'))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }


    private int Precedence(char opr)
    {
        int n=0;
        switch(opr){
        case '-':
        case '+': n=1; break;
        case '*':
        case '/': n=2; break;
        }
        return n;
    }

    public void convert()
    {
        String Line="";
        for(int i=0;i<output.size();i++){
            for(int j=0;j<counter-1;j++){
                Line=temp.elementAt(j);
                char ch=Line.charAt(0);
                if(output.get(i)==ch){
                    output.set(i,Line.charAt(2));
                }
            }
        }
        result();
    }

    public void result(){
        int num1=0,num2=0;
        String s;
        char ch;
        for(int i=0;i<output.size();i++){
            finaloutput.add(output.get(i).toString());
        }
        for(int i=0;i<finaloutput.size();i++){

            s=finaloutput.get(i);
            ch=s.charAt(0);
            if(this.isOperator(ch)){
                if(ch=='*'){
                    num1=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-2));
                    num2=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-1));
                    finaloutput.set(i-2, Integer.toString((num1*num2)));
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    i=0;
                }
                else if(ch=='/'){
                    num1=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-2));
                    num2=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-1));
                    finaloutput.set(i-2, Integer.toString((num1/num2)));
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    i=0;
                }
                else if(ch=='+'){
                    num1=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-2));
                    num2=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-1));
                    finaloutput.set(i-2, Integer.toString((num1+num2)));
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    i=0;
                }
                else{
                    num1=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-2));
                    num2=Integer.valueOf(finaloutput.get(i-1));
                    finaloutput.set(i-2, Integer.toString((num1-num2)));
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    finaloutput.remove(i-1);
                    i=0;
                }
            }
        }System.out.println("Answer: "+finaloutput);
    }
}


//end of the class

package host;
import java.io.*;

import client.InfixPostfix;

public class hostClass {

    public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException {
        InfixPostfix InPostFix = new InfixPostfix("D:\\inFileName.txt");

    }

}

I have to write a program that reads in an infix expression and converts and it to postfix and evaluates it. Currently I have it to where I can convert an infix expression with no parentheses to postfix, but am having some trouble figuring out how to handle parentheses.

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