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().

The easiest way to garner user input in a Java program is to use the System’s Console class. Introduced in Java 6, Java’s System Console class provides two simple methods to obtain user input: The ...

The Java Scanner class is a simple, versatile, easy-to-use class that makes user input in Java relatively straightforward. To perform user input with the Scanner class, follow these steps: Found in ...

To close an input stream and release any system resources used by the stream, use the close method as follows: The Java I/O facilities add a simple and standardized API for reading and writing ...

So I'm just starting to learn Java, I'm fumbling my way through my first program that isn't some version of Hello World. The program is actually working, there are a few other sections ...