Enabling User Input When Running Classes Inside JDeveloper (Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog)

Enabling User Input When Running Classes Inside JDeveloper

By shay.shmeltzer on February 21, 2008 12:42 PM

Let's suppose you wrote a piece of Java code that needs some user input - and you used something like

String text = stdin.readLine();

Now you want to run or debug it inside JDeveloper, but how do you get JDeveloper to prompt you for the input value?

Here is the "secret trick":

Go into the project properties and edit the current Run/Debug Configuration.
Under the tools settings node you'll see that the last item allows you to specify "Allow Program Input"

input1:

check this box and run your project.

Now when you hit the input request look at your log window - just below it you'll see a little input field ready for your input:

input2:

Comments (2)

Seyi Adebajo:

Hi, I already know this method to take in program input, however when I want to input the end-of-file character (CTRL-C) in windows Jdeveloper refuses to accept any input.

How can I input the EOF in Jdeveloper?
Thanks.

Posted by Seyi Adebajo | July 7, 2008 10:10 AM

Posted on July 7, 2008 10:10

sore foot:

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Posted by sore foot | September 15, 2008 11:52 AM

Posted on September 15, 2008 11:52

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