Getting input from user in Console without using Scanner

Question

I would like to know about other ways of getting input from users using other classes like BufferedReader,etc rather than using Scanner class. So, was there any other way of getting input from the user? If so, was it efficient than Scanner class?

Answer 1

if you are using the Java SE6 or higher then you can make use of Console clas

   Console console = System.console();
   if (console==null){
      System.out.print("console not available ");
   }else {
      String line = console.readLine("Enter name :");
      System.out.print("your name :"+line);
   }