Make the console wait for a user input to close

java console-application
makoshichi picture makoshichi · May 17, 2011 · Viewed 219.4k times · Source

I have a console application that after performing its tasks, must give feedback to the user, such as "operation completed" or "operation failed" and the detailed error.

The thing is, if I just "let it run", the output message will be printed but the console will close shortly afterwards, leaving no time to read the message.

As far as I remember, in C++, every console application will end with a "press any key to exit" or something like that. In C# I can simulate this behavior with a 

Console.ReadKey();

But how can I do it in Java? I'm using the Scanner class, but given that "input" is my instance of Scanner:

input.next()
System.exit(0);

"Any key" will work, except for return, which is quite a big deal here. Any pointers?

Answer

x4u picture x4u · May 17, 2011

In Java this would be System.in.read()

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