Returning

boolean first = true;
   while (userIn != null) {        
        if (userIn.startsWith("quit")) {
            break;
        }
else if (userIn.startsWith("find")) {
        clt.finding(userIn);
}
    else {
            if( first ) {
                .... extra statement ....
                eg. System.out.println("testing");
                first = false;
            }
           
        }
         //read userIn value
          userIn=bySomeMeansGetValue();    
    }

for example bySomeMeansGetValue method should be something like this




public String bySomeMeansGetValue()
{

 try {
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String str = "";
        while (str != null) {

            str = in.readLine();
              return str;
        }
    } catch (IOException e) {
    }
    return null;
}

the problem with the if statement has been solved already... the problem is now tryin to get back from the other methods, for example.. finding().. so those two comments dont really help sorry

This should definately solve ur problem

If userIn starts with find then compulsory it calls finding method.

Could u elaborate ur problem??


 boolean first = true;
   while (userIn != null) {        
//read userIn value
          userIn=bySomeMeansGetValue();    
        if (userIn.startsWith("quit")) {
            break;
        }
else if (userIn.startsWith("find")) {
        clt.finding(userIn);
}
}

ok, this is wat i now have for the while loop... this seems to solve the problem that i was having before:

InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader readIn = new BufferedReader(in);
            
String userIn;
            
while ((userIn = readIn.readLine()) != null) {
    .....
    } else if (userIn.startsWith("find")) {
        clt.finding(userIn);
    } ....
}

and the finding() method is:

public void finding (String findWhat) {
    if (findWhat.equals("find")) {
        System.out.println("Unknown command");
    } else {
         System.out.println("Finding");
    }
}  

the problem i am havin now is if the "find" command is entered by the user it goes into the while loop, runs the method and then it isnt possible to run any other commands eg "quit"

do u understand my problem now??

   

This is working perfectly at my end
public static void finding(String findWhat) {
        if (findWhat.equals("find")) {
            System.out.println("Unknown command");
        } else {
            System.out.println("Finding");
        }
    }
   
    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        // TODO code application logic here
        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
        BufferedReader readIn = new BufferedReader(in);
        String userIn="";
        while ((userIn = readIn.readLine()) != null) {
            if(userIn.startsWith("quit")) {
                break;                
               
            } else if (userIn.startsWith("find")) {
                finding(userIn);
            }
        }
    }

can u do a quit command after a find??

yes, what is the problem you are getting??

thats strange.......

once i do the find command i cant run a quit command or any of the other commands..

very puzzled.. :S

Like i enter them but there is no result..

eg.. i can enter "quit" but it doesnt go and quit the program usin the method i hav created for it... it just goes onto the next line of the user input

Make sure you don't have unwanted whitespace


while ((userIn = readIn.readLine()) != null) {
    userIn = userIn.trim();
    if (userIn.startsWith("quit")) {
        break;
    }
    else if userIn.startsWith("find")) {
        finding(userIn);
    }
    else {
        System.out.println("Invalid command");
    }
}

}

I actually found the problem a little later last nite..

It had to do with my close method which "quit" command calls not closing the socket properly.

Thanks for all ur help guys