In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read(). It ...

All of Java's I/O facilities are based on streams that represent flowing sequences of characters or bytes. Java's I/O streams provide standardized ways to read and write data. Any object representing ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The easiest way to garner user input in a Java program is to use the System’s Console class.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Notice how the output includes only the first String the Java Scanner read. The rest of the text ...

Quick Java I/O question:<BR><BR>Let's say I've got a TCP socket open to a server, and I'm writing bytes out to the OutputStream (retrieved via Socket.getOutputStream().<BR><BR>I then call OutputStream ...

Java programs without a graphical user interface use a computer's command line to interact with the user. It is vital that the program's command line output is properly formatted and spaced so that it ...

Java 8 will be remembered mainly for introducing lambdas, streams, a new date/time model, and the Nashorn JavaScript engine to Java. Some will also remember Java 8 for introducing various small but ...