How to add Java Scanner char support The Java Scanner class provides methods that take String input and convert that String into any Java primitive type you might need, except for one: the char.

I have previously blogged on how Groovy and ActionScript provide demonstrations of switching on Strings functionality that has not been available in Java. JDK 7 changes this for Java by ...

Java Console class input and ouput The easiest way to garner user input in a Java program is to use the System’s Console class. Introduced in Java 6, Java’s System Console class provides two simple ...