What Other Class Can be used.....

[Ojima Ufaruna]

Hi

What other class in package java.util can be used to read input from a user
apart from Scanner?

[Rohan Dhruva]

Hi,

Here is something that a google search turned up - http://abbeyworkshop.com/howto/java/readLine/index.html

However, it uses java.io and not java.util .. It'd be better if you tell us what exactly are you trying to do ?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Sounds like a beginner's question:
Several possibilities just off the top of my head:

An InputStream can read directly, but one byte at a time. System.in is the most commonly used example.

A FileReader, often wrapped in a BufferedReader.

A StreamReader, often passed an InputStream and then wrapped in a BufferedReader.

Many Swing components, where you put text into a box. A very popular example for a non-GUI application is JOptionPane.showInputDialog().

But you will usually find Scanner easier to use where it is available.

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[ December 14, 2007: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]