/************************************************************************* * Compilation: javac StdIn.java * Execution: java StdIn * * Reads in data of various types from standard input. * *************************************************************************/ import java.util.Scanner; import java.util.Locale; /** * Standard input. This class provides methods for reading strings * and numbers from standard input. *

* The Locale used is: language = English, country = US. This is consistent * with the formatting conventions with Java floating-point literals, * command-line arguments (via Double.parseDouble()) * and standard output (via System.out.print()). It ensures that * standard input works the number formatting used in the textbook. *

* For additional documentation, see Section 1.5 of * Introduction to Programming in Java: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne. */ public final class StdIn { // assume Unicode UTF-8 encoding private static String charsetName = "UTF-8"; // assume language = English, country = US for consistency with System.out. private static Locale usLocale = new Locale("en", "US"); // the scanner object private static Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in, charsetName); // can't instantiate private StdIn() { } // static initializer static { scanner.useLocale(usLocale); } /** * Is there only whitespace left on standard input? */ public static boolean isEmpty() { return !scanner.hasNext(); } /** * Return next string from standard input */ public static String readString() { return scanner.next(); } /** * Return next int from standard input */ public static int readInt() { return scanner.nextInt(); } /** * Return next double from standard input */ public static double readDouble() { return scanner.nextDouble(); } /** * Return next float from standard input */ public static float readFloat() { return scanner.nextFloat(); } /** * Return next short from standard input */ public static short readShort() { return scanner.nextShort(); } /** * Return next long from standard input */ public static long readLong() { return scanner.nextLong(); } /** * Return next byte from standard input */ public static byte readByte() { return scanner.nextByte(); } /** * Return next boolean from standard input, allowing "true" or "1" for true, * and "false" or "0" for false */ public static boolean readBoolean() { String s = readString(); if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("true")) return true; if (s.equalsIgnoreCase("false")) return false; if (s.equals("1")) return true; if (s.equals("0")) return false; throw new java.util.InputMismatchException(); } /** * Return rest of line from standard input */ public static String readLine() { return scanner.nextLine(); } /** * Return next char from standard input */ // a complete hack and inefficient - email me if you have a better public static char readChar() { // (?s) for DOTALL mode so . matches a line termination character // 1 says look only one character ahead // consider precompiling the pattern String s = scanner.findWithinHorizon("(?s).", 1); return s.charAt(0); } /** * Return rest of input from standard input */ public static String readAll() { if (!scanner.hasNextLine()) return null; // reference: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/pat/archive/2004/10/stupid_scanner_1.html return scanner.useDelimiter("\\A").next(); } /** * Unit test */ public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Type a string: "); String s = StdIn.readString(); System.out.println("Your string was: " + s); System.out.println(); System.out.println("Type an int: "); int a = StdIn.readInt(); System.out.println("Your int was: " + a); System.out.println(); System.out.println("Type a boolean: "); boolean b = StdIn.readBoolean(); System.out.println("Your boolean was: " + b); System.out.println(); System.out.println("Type a double: "); double c = StdIn.readDouble(); System.out.println("Your double was: " + c); System.out.println(); } }