In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read ...

Introduced in Java 6, Java’s System Console class provides two simple methods to obtain user input: readLine() readPassword() Java user input with readLine. The readLine() method takes user input ...

But if your program needs to take command-line input from the user in the form of a String, Java’s Scanner class provides all of the methods you will need. Java user input and output strategies Here’s ...