Scanner is never closed

Question

I'm working on a game and I came across a little problem with my scanner. I'm getting a resource leak scanner never closed.

But I thought my scanner was working before without closing it. But now it ain't. Anyone can help me out here?

import java.util.Scanner;  public class Main {      public static final boolean CHEAT = true;      public static void main(String[] args) {          Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);         int amountOfPlayers;         do {             System.out.print("Select the amount of players (1/2): ");             while (!scanner.hasNextInt()) {                 System.out.println("That's not a number!");                 scanner.next(); // this is important!         }          amountOfPlayers = scanner.nextInt();         while ((amountOfPlayers <= 0) || (amountOfPlayers > 2));         System.out.println("You've selected " + amountOfPlayers+" player(s).");      } } 

Answer 1

I am assuming you are using java 7, thus you get a compiler warning, when you don't close the resource you should close your scanner usually in a finally block.

Scanner scanner = null; try {     scanner = new Scanner(System.in);     //rest of the code } finally {     if(scanner!=null)         scanner.close(); } 

Or even better: use the new Try with resource statement:

try(Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in)){     //rest of your code }