Java : How to use scanner.hasNextLine without Ctrl+Z in a console program

Question

Say I have the below code

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
     line = scanner.nextLine();
     //do something
    }

And my input in the console is goes like this.

Wayne Rooney
Luis Nani
Shinji Kagawa

I want to read this line by line.

But the problem is the method hasNextLine blocks waiting for the input after the third line as the input from the keyboard (System.in) never reaches EOF.

Now, how do I reach EOF just by pressing enter key? because I don't want to tell the user to press the Ctrl+z to run my program.

How is it generally done? Any thoughts?

I am looking for a solution from the Java side and not any commands on the console.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

When you press enter twice, you end up reading an empty line. You can test for this:

while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
    line = scanner.nextLine();
    if (line.equals(""))
        break; // this will exit the loop
    //do something
}

Now, the loop will end if you press enter twice without typing anything between.