java - making a jar file for console

Question

I have a program without a GUI and I use console! So first I read a line from a user from console

BufferedReader userReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));

and then I will write an answer for the user in the console!

System.out.println("Server:"+output);

I want to create a jar file for it ! but how can i show my console in jar file with out using GUI? please help me thanks.

Answer 1

You need to run your jar file from CLI (command line). Like:

java -jar yourJar.jar
pause

If you want to force this, there are different ways to do this:

• a shortcut file to CMD and your jar as an argument
• a batch file running your jar using code like mine above
• calling it from a batch file manually (as I did above)