Palindrome

public class Palindrome {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
     String str="abcdcba";
        System.out.println(isPalindrome(str));
        System.out.println(str.length()/2);

    }
   static boolean isPalindrome(String str) {
        str = str.toLowerCase();
        for (int i = 0; i < str.length() / 2; i++) {
          char start=str.charAt(i);
          char end=str.charAt(str.length() - i -  1);

          if (start != end) {
              return false;
          }
        }
        return true;
   }
}