Console IO

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs302/io/JavaIO.html#consoleIN

import java.io.*;  // needed for BufferedReader, InputStreamReader, etc.

    /** A Java program that demonstrates console based input and output. */
    public class MyConsoleIO
    {
        // Create a single shared BufferedReader for keyboard input
        private static BufferedReader stdin =
            new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );

        // Program execution starts here
        public static void main ( String [] args ) throws IOException
        {
            // Prompt the user
            System.out.print( "Type some data for the program: " );


            // Read a line of text from the user.
            String input = stdin.readLine();

            // Display the input back to the user.
            System.out.println( "input = " + input );

        } // end main method

    } // end MyConsoleIO class