Looks up users in twitter. - Java Social Media

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Looks up users in twitter.

Demo Code

/*/*  w  ww.j a v a  2s  .  c om*/
 * Copyright 2007 Yusuke Yamamoto
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package twitter4j.examples.user;

import twitter4j.*;

/**
 * Looks up users.
 *
 * @author Yusuke Yamamoto - yusuke at mac.com
 */
public final class LookupUsers {
    /**
     * Usage: java twitter4j.examples.user.LookupUsers [screen name[,screen name..]]
     *
     * @param args message
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length < 1) {
            System.out
                    .println("Usage: java twitter4j.examples.user.LookupUsers [screen name[,screen name..]]");
            System.exit(-1);
        }
        try {
            Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
            ResponseList<User> users = twitter.lookupUsers(args[0]
                    .split(","));
            for (User user : users) {
                if (user.getStatus() != null) {
                    System.out.println("@" + user.getScreenName() + " - "
                            + user.getStatus().getText());
                } else {
                    // the user is protected
                    System.out.println("@" + user.getScreenName());
                }
            }
            System.out.println("Successfully looked up users [" + args[0]
                    + "].");
            System.exit(0);
        } catch (TwitterException te) {
            te.printStackTrace();
            System.out
                    .println("Failed to lookup users: " + te.getMessage());
            System.exit(-1);
        }
    }
}

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