java - Detect a key press in console

Question

I want to execute a certain function when a user presses a key. This will be run in the console, and the code is in Java. How do I do this? I have almost zero knowledge of key presses/keydowns, so I could really use an explanation as well.

Answer 1

You can't detect an event in the command line environment. You should provide a GUI, and then you can use the KeyListener class to detect a keyboard event.

Alternatively you can read commands from standard input and then execute a proper function.