Thanks, but it didn't.
Through a series of method calls, I print a few welcome strings to the
console (text-based application), and then open a Scanner on the System.in,
print a prompt and wait for string input. It appears that the program hangs
when run through ANT, but if you were to CTRL-C and "terminate the batch
job", you get:
C:\Documents and Settings\Peter\Desktop\ch11>ant run
Buildfile: build.xml
init:
compile:
run:
[java] Welcome to the JF Mail Reader.
[java] Attempting to connect to: pop.gmail.com using the pop3s
protocol...
[java] java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.ExecuteJava.execute(
ExecuteJava.java:180)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.run(Java.java:710)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.executeJava(Java.java
:178)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Java.execute(Java.java:84)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(
UnknownElement.java:275)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(
Project.java:1216)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java
:1185)
[java] at
org.apache.tools.ant.helper.DefaultExecutor.executeTargets(
DefaultExecutor.java:40)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java
:1068)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:668)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.startAnt(Main.java:187)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java
:246)
[java] at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java
:67)
<<SNIP>>
Right at that multi-blank line, the program is waiting for the user to enter
the hostname to connect to, but the prompt to do so is never displayed. Why
would this be? How can I get around it? It's driving me up a wall to think
that I can't use ANT to run the program due to some issue related to input
reading. Could it be the Scanner?
Thanks!
On 10/15/06, Martin Gainty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Peter
Ant uses java. Java depends on the underlying OS resources such as Socket
I/O handles, File I/O handles as well as standard handles such as
stdin,stderr and stdout
flush the output from the java class to the resource and closing the
connection allows the underlying resource to capture the output and render
the output
HTH,
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter DePasquale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 8:59 AM
Subject: Output Beffuering Question - text-based application execution via
ant
> I'm sure this is a common issue, but I can't seem to find an
> answer/explanation for it.
>
> I'm teaching my students ANT in their programming course. We use only
> text-based System.out/Scanner(System.in) I/O in this course.
>
> I am finding that in student programs which require user interaction
> (application prompting followed by user input) the prompting seems to be
> buffering until the ant execution task (<java>) is completed.
>
> Is there a clear, easy way to have user interaction co-exist with ANT
such
> that my students can use ant for execution purposes? I recall a few
years
> ago we used to be able to do this, but it seems that the situation is
now
> changed.
>
> There is no problem grabbing the input when the user provides
it. However,
> the problem only seems to be that the output is buffered. Thus, the
> students don't see the prompts from their program. If the user knows
what
> to enter and when, all will execute perfectly.
>
> Currently they use a run target in a form similar to:
> <target name="run" depends="compile" description="execute the
> application">
> <java classname="Project1"/>
> </target>
>
> Thanks.
>
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