readconsole.java

Usefull sample codes for Java. Containt all type of programs.

import java.io.*;

public class ReadConsole {
    public static String readLine() {
        StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
        try {
            BufferedInputStream bin = new
                BufferedInputStream(System.in);
            int in = 0;
            char inChar;
            do {
                in = bin.read();
                inChar = (char) in;
                if (in != -1) {
                    response.append(inChar);
                }             
            } while ((in != -1) & (inChar != '\n'));
            bin.close();
            return response.toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
            return null;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] arguments) {
        System.out.print("You are standing at the end of the road ");
        System.out.print("before a small brick building. Around you ");
        System.out.print("is a forest. A small stream flows out of ");
        System.out.println("the building and down a gully.\n");
        System.out.print("> ");
        String input = ReadConsole.readLine();
        System.out.println("That's not a verb I recognize.");
    }
}