The Java input/output (I/O) facilities provide a simple, standardized API for reading and writing character and byte data from various data sources. This article explores the I/O classes ...

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 ...

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 ...

How to read the next char with Java’s Scanner. To summarize the process, follow these steps to read user input with the Java Scanner one char at a time: Read a line of text with the Scanner as you ...

The demo application. For this tour, you’ll need a Java JDK and Maven installed. We’ll start by creating a fresh application with a Maven archetype, like what’s shown in Listing 1.