Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStreamReader; public class Main { BufferedReader reader; public static String readInputTextLine() { return readInputTextLine(null); } public static String readInputTextLine(String prompt) { if (prompt != null) { System.out.print(prompt + ": "); } BufferedReader lineOfText = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); String textLine = null; try { textLine = lineOfText.readLine(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return textLine; } public String readLine() { String result = null; try { result = reader.readLine(); } catch (IOException e) { System.err.println("error: " + e); } return result; } }