Name: rmT116609 Date: 05/26/2004


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.5.0-beta"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-beta-b32c, mixed mode)


ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
SunOS newfish 5.9 Generic_112233-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Scanner.nextLine, reading from System.in, waits for an additional line to be entered.
(I hope this is not intended behavior?)



STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
running the code below should illustrate the problem.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
newfish% java Test
Prompt: one
one
Prompt:

ACTUAL -
newfish% java Test
Prompt: one
<<user must enter more data before nextLine returns>>
one
Prompt:


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public class Test {
  public static void main (String[] args) {
    java.util.Scanner in = java.util.Scanner.create(System.in);
    while (true) {
      System.out.print("Prompt: ");
      System.out.println(in.nextLine());
    }
  }
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------
(Incident Review ID: 275150)
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