//
//  SystemInputReader.java
//  
//
//  Created by Gene Davis on Sat Aug 18 2001.
//  Copyright (c) 2001 Gene Davis. I hereby release this code to the public domain.
//  It is now in every sense of the word Freeware. Future versions can be found
//  at http://www.genedavis.com/library/
//
//  version 1.0


package com.genedavis.io;

import java.io.*;

public class SystemInputReader {
    BufferedReader keyboardInput = null;
    String newLine = null;
    /**
     * Creates new SystemInputReader 
     */
    public SystemInputReader() {
        keyboardInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    }
   
    /**
     * This retrieves text one line at a time from the keyboard and returns a line at a time as a String.
     * This will block until the user types and enters a line with or without text. I usually tack a String.trim()
     * on to the end of the return before using it.
     *
     * @param String representing a new line of text inputed from the keyboard.
     */
    public String nextLine() {
        try {
            newLine = keyboardInput.readLine();
        } catch (Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return newLine;
    }
   
}