java.io.Console

Build 57 of Java 6 includes a new class java.io.Console.

Javadocs are at the link above. And you can also leran more at Alan Bateman's blog .

Highlights:

• Obtain the Console object with System.console(). It returns null if there is no console.
• a readPassword() method for reading input that is not echoed on the console
• a readLine() method for reading input from the user. Much simpler than wrapping a BufferedReader around an InputStreamReader around System.in
• Also supports printf() and format() methods just like System.out does.