# Class IO

java.lang.Object
java.io.IO

public final class IO extends Object
`IO` is a preview API of the Java platform.
Programs can only use `IO` when preview features are enabled.
Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.
A collection of static convenience methods that provide access to system console for implicitly declared classes.

Each of this class' methods throws `IOError` if the system console is `null`; otherwise, the effect is as if a similarly-named method had been called on that console.

Input and output from methods in this class use the character set of the system console as specified by `Console.charset()`.

Since:
  23

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static void`
  `print(Object obj)`
  Writes a string representation of the specified object to the system console and then flushes that console.
  `static void`
  `println()`
  Terminates the current line on the system console and then flushes that console.
  `static void`
  `println(Object obj)`
  Writes a string representation of the specified object to the system console, terminates the line and then flushes that console.
  `static String`
  `readln()`
  Reads a single line of text from the system console.
  `static String`
  `readln(String prompt)`
  Writes a prompt as if by calling `print`, then reads a single line of text from the system console.

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Method Details

  - ### println

    public static void println(Object obj)
    Writes a string representation of the specified object to the system console, terminates the line and then flushes that console.

    The effect is as if `println(obj)`PREVIEW had been called on `System.console()`.

    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object to print, may be `null`
    Throws:
      `IOError` - if `System.console()` returns `null`, or if an I/O error occurs

  - ### println

    public static void println()
    Terminates the current line on the system console and then flushes that console.

    The effect is as if `println()`PREVIEW had been called on `System.console()`.

    Throws:
      `IOError` - if `System.console()` returns `null`, or if an I/O error occurs
    Since:
      24

  - ### print

    public static void print(Object obj)
    Writes a string representation of the specified object to the system console and then flushes that console.

    The effect is as if `print(obj)`PREVIEW had been called on `System.console()`.

    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object to print, may be `null`
    Throws:
      `IOError` - if `System.console()` returns `null`, or if an I/O error occurs

  - ### readln

    public static String readln(String prompt)
    Writes a prompt as if by calling `print`, then reads a single line of text from the system console.

    The effect is as if `readln(prompt)`PREVIEW had been called on `System.console()`.

    Parameters:
      `prompt` - the prompt string, may be `null`
    Returns:
      a string containing the line read from the system console, not including any line-termination characters. Returns `null` if an end of stream has been reached without having read any characters.
    Throws:
      `IOError` - if `System.console()` returns `null`, or if an I/O error occurs

  - ### readln

    public static String readln()
    Reads a single line of text from the system console.

    The effect is as if `readln()`PREVIEW had been called on `System.console()`.

    Returns:
      a string containing the line read from the system console, not including any line-termination characters. Returns `null` if an end of stream has been reached without having read any characters.
    Throws:
      `IOError` - if `System.console()` returns `null`, or if an I/O error occurs
    Since:
      24