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From: Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Newbie seeking comments on StdinReader class
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:12:05 -0700
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On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 07:00:39 -0700 (PDT), anirudhbh...@yahoo.com wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>
>I am a Java newbie and I have created a class which reads input from
>Stdin.  I want the class to silently block until the user enters the
>correct input.  Here's what I have developed.  I would appreciate
>expert comments on this, they way a seasoned professional would
>approach this problem.  (Yes, I do realize that Java considers command
>line input old fashioned).

stdin blocks all by itself.  You can do this more simply with
readLine.  See http://mindprod.com/applet/fileio.html
to generate you a program to do it.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, 
the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith (born: 1908-10-15 died: 2006-04-29 at age: 97)