Palindrome Testing

/**
 *
 * @author Vermiculus
 * @version 0.0
 *
 */
public class meep {

    /**
     * Entry point for the program
     *
     * @param args
     *            - command line arguments
     * @since The beginning of TIME ITSELF!!!
     *
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.print("Please input a string: ");
        String t = (new java.util.Scanner(System.in)).next();
        System.out.printf("\"%s\" is %s palindrome", t,
                isPalindrome(t) ? "a"
                        : "not a");
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param testString
     *            - the String to test for palindrome
     * @return a boolean representing whether the string is a weak palindrome (/spaces, /case)
     */
    public static boolean isPalindrome(String testString) {
        // iterate through String to remove spaces
        // test that the first and last characters are equal
        // recursive with the inner string
        try {
            testString = removeSpaces(testString);
            testString = testString.toLowerCase();
            if (testString.charAt(0) == testString
                    .charAt(testString.length() - 1)) {
                if (testString.length() == 0 || testString.length() == 1)
                    return true;
                return isPalindrome(testString.substring(1,
                        testString.length() - 1));
            } else
                return false;
        } catch (StringIndexOutOfBoundsException t) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Removes spaces from a string
     *
     * @param s
     *            the string to remove spaces from
     * @param i
     *            the index to start at
     * @return the string without any spaces
     */
    public static String removeSpaces(String s, int i) {
        if (i == s.length() - 1) {
            return s;
        } else if (s.charAt(i) == ' ') {
            s = removeCharAt(s, i);
            return removeSpaces(s, i + 1);
        }
        return removeSpaces(s, i + 1);
    }

    /**
     * Removes spaces from a string
     *
     * @return the string without any spaces
     */
    public static String removeSpaces(String s) {
        if (!s.contains(" "))
            return s;
        return removeSpaces(s, 0);
    }

    public static String removeCharAt(String s, int i) {
        String a = s.substring(0, i);
        String b = s.substring(i + 1);
        return a + b;
    }

}