Scanner problem

**sentimentGX4** · September 30th, 2012, 04:40 PM

Here are some excerpts of my code...

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class Driver2{
 
	private static String fileName;
	private static CLLOfRiders list = new CLLOfRiders();
 
	private static Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
	public static void main (String args[])
	{	
		System.out.println("Welcome to Project 2.");
		System.out.println("What is the name of the data file?");
 
		fileName = input.nextLine();
 
		openFile(fileName);
		commands(); //ERROR HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
		writeFile(fileName);
 
		input.close();
	}
 
          ....
 
           public static void commands()
	{	
		boolean loop = true;
		String command;
 
		while (loop == true)
		{
			System.out.println("\nNext command");
			command = input.nextLine(); //ERROR HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
			if (command.equals("add rider"))
			{
				System.out.println("Name");
				String name = input.nextLine();
 
				addRider(name);
			}
			...
		}
	}

I'm getting this error from Eclipse.

java.util.NoSuchElementException: No line found
at java.util.Scanner.nextLine(Unknown Source)
at Driver2.commands(Driver2.java:64)
at Driver2.main(Driver2.java:21)

The lines where the error occurs are in commented with "ERROR HERE". Why am I getting this exception? I rewrote command() in a test program and, normally, the Scanner waits for the user to input data. Not here, though?

**pbrockway2** · September 30th, 2012, 05:21 PM

Yes, I would expect nextLine() to block until input becomes available ... but only if it were the keyboard (console) being scanned and not, say, a file.

In your code you show input being initialised and, a while later, being used. But what happens in between? Specifically, what is openFile()? In fact it would be best if you posted something complete enough for others to compile and run for themselves. Such a SSCCE need not be long (ie it can have everything that isn't part of the problem removed).

**sentimentGX4** · September 30th, 2012, 05:39 PM

Thanks for the input! I updated the file with the code with the openFile() method. That is a contiguous block of code right there. There wasn't a lot in between. I just opened a new Scanner for scanning file input and then closed it when finished.

I'll see if I can replicate the problem without bringing in all the lengthy coding involved with other related .java files.

**pbrockway2** · September 30th, 2012, 05:59 PM

I was hoping that openFile() would show the static input scanner being set to something else. But it appears not...

Do any commands get processed before the runtime exception occurs? If so it could be something else within the while loop that is causing the problem - addRider() is a candidate, or any other method that is called within the while loop before the exception.

One diagnostic test might be to print the value of input both at the start of the pogram and then again as the while loop executes.

private static Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
 
public static void main (String args[])
{
    System.out.println("input=" + input);
 
    // etc
}
 
public static void commands()
{	
    boolean loop = true;
    String command;
 
    while (loop == true)
    {
        System.out.println("input=" + input);
        // etc
    }
    // etc
}

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Constructing a SSCCE is tedious, but you often find that it reveals the source of a problem. Ie the problem goes away when an apparently unrelated block of code is removed.

**sentimentGX4** · September 30th, 2012, 06:03 PM

I solved the problem! It was from some weird Scanner misshap by using another Scanner named "input" in another one of my classes and then closing it. Thank you so much! Next time, I'll remember to name my Scanners different names.

**pbrockway2** · September 30th, 2012, 06:09 PM

I'm glad you've got it sorted out.

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