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/*
 * @(#)Console.java	1.11 06/06/12
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package java.io;

import java.util.*;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import sun.nio.cs.StreamDecoder;
import sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder;

/**
 * Methods to access the character-based console device, if any, associated
 * with the current Java virtual machine.
 *
 * <p> Whether a virtual machine has a console is dependent upon the
 * underlying platform and also upon the manner in which the virtual
 * machine is invoked.  If the virtual machine is started from an
 * interactive command line without redirecting the standard input and
 * output streams then its console will exist and will typically be
 * connected to the keyboard and display from which the virtual machine
 * was launched.  If the virtual machine is started automatically, for
 * example by a background job scheduler, then it will typically not
 * have a console.
 * <p>
 * If this virtual machine has a console then it is represented by a
 * unique instance of this class which can be obtained by invoking the
 * {@link java.lang.System#console()} method.  If no console device is
 * available then an invocation of that method will return <tt>null</tt>.
 * <p>
 * Read and write operations are synchronized to guarantee the atomic
 * completion of critical operations; therefore invoking methods
 * {@link #readLine()}, {@link #readPassword()}, {@link #format format()},
 * {@link #printf printf()} as well as the read, format and write operations
 * on the objects returned by {@link #reader()} and {@link #writer()} may
 * block in multithreaded scenarios.
 * <p>
 * Invoking <tt>close()</tt> on the objects returned by the {@link #reader()}
 * and the {@link #writer()} will not close the underlying stream of those
 * objects.
 * <p>
 * The console-read methods return <tt>null</tt> when the end of the
 * console input stream is reached, for example by typing control-D on
 * Unix or control-Z on Windows.  Subsequent read operations will succeed
 * if additional characters are later entered on the console's input
 * device.
 * <p>
 * Unless otherwise specified, passing a <tt>null</tt> argument to any method
 * in this class will cause a {@link NullPointerException} to be thrown.
 * <p>
 * <b>Security note:</b>
 * If an application needs to read a password or other secure data, it should
 * use {@link #readPassword()} or {@link #readPassword(String, Object...)} and
 * manually zero the returned character array after processing to minimize the
 * lifetime of sensitive data in memory.
 *
 * <blockquote><pre>
 * Console cons;
 * char[] passwd;
 * if ((cons = System.console()) != null &&
 *     (passwd = cons.readPassword("[%s]", "Password:")) != null) {
 *     ...
 *     java.util.Arrays.fill(passwd, ' ');
 * }
 * </pre></blockquote>
 *
 * @author  Xueming Shen
 * @version 1.11, 06/12/06
 * @since   1.6
 */

public final class Console implements Flushable 
{
   /**
    * Retrieves the unique {@link java.io.PrintWriter PrintWriter} object
    * associated with this console.
    *
    * @return  The printwriter associated with this console
    */
    public PrintWriter writer() {
        return pw;
    }

   /**
    * Retrieves the unique {@link java.io.Reader Reader} object associated
    * with this console.
    * <p>
    * This method is intended to be used by sophisticated applications, for
    * example, a {@link java.util.Scanner} object which utilizes the rich
    * parsing/scanning functionality provided by the <tt>Scanner</tt>:
    * <blockquote><pre>
    * Console con = System.console();
    * if (con != null) {
    *     Scanner sc = new Scanner(con.reader());
    *     ...
    * }
    * </pre></blockquote>
    * <p>
    * For simple applications requiring only line-oriented reading, use
    * <tt>{@link #readLine}</tt>.
    * <p>
    * The bulk read operations {@link java.io.Reader#read(char[]) read(char[]) },
    * {@link java.io.Reader#read(char[], int, int) read(char[], int, int) } and
    * {@link java.io.Reader#read(java.nio.CharBuffer) read(java.nio.CharBuffer)}
    * on the returned object will not read in characters beyond the line
    * bound for each invocation, even if the destination buffer has space for
    * more characters. A line bound is considered to be any one of a line feed
    * (<tt>'\n'</tt>), a carriage return (<tt>'\r'</tt>), a carriage return
    * followed immediately by a linefeed, or an end of stream.
    *
    * @return  The reader associated with this console
    */
    public Reader reader() {
        return reader;
    } 

   /**
    * Writes a formatted string to this console's output stream using
    * the specified format string and arguments.
    *
    * @param  fmt
    *         A format string as described in <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">Format string syntax</a>
    *
    * @param  args
    *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is
    *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is
    *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    *         the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    *         Virtual Machine Specification</a>.  The behaviour on a
    *         <tt>null</tt> argument depends on the <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
    *
    * @throws  IllegalFormatException
    *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
    *          formatting errors, see the <a
    *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section
    *          of the formatter class specification.
    *
    * @return  This console
    */
    public Console format(String fmt, Object ...args) {
        formatter.format(fmt, args).flush();
        return this;
    }

   /**
    * A convenience method to write a formatted string to this console's
    * output stream using the specified format string and arguments.
    *
    * <p> An invocation of this method of the form <tt>con.printf(format,
    * args)</tt> behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation of
    * <pre>con.format(format, args)</pre>.
    *
    * @param  format
    *         A format string as described in <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">Format string syntax</a>.
    *
    * @param  args
    *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    *         extra arguments are ignored.  The number of arguments is
    *         variable and may be zero.  The maximum number of arguments is
    *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    *         the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    *         Virtual Machine Specification</a>.  The behaviour on a
    *         <tt>null</tt> argument depends on the <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">conversion</a>.
    *
    * @throws  IllegalFormatException
    *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
    *          formatting errors, see the <a
    *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section of the
    *          formatter class specification.
    *
    * @return  This console
    */
    public Console printf(String format, Object ... args) {
	return format(format, args);
    }

   /**
    * Provides a formatted prompt, then reads a single line of text from the
    * console.
    *
    * @param  fmt
    *         A format string as described in <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">Format string syntax</a>.
    *
    * @param  args
    *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    *         extra arguments are ignored.  The maximum number of arguments is
    *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    *         the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    *         Virtual Machine Specification</a>.
    *
    * @throws  IllegalFormatException
    *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
    *          formatting errors, see the <a
    *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a> section
    *          of the formatter class specification.
    *
    * @throws IOError
    *         If an I/O error occurs.
    *
    * @return  A string containing the line read from the console, not
    *          including any line-termination characters, or <tt>null</tt>
    *          if an end of stream has been reached.
    */
    public String readLine(String fmt, Object ... args) {
        String line = null;
        synchronized (writeLock) {  
            synchronized(readLock) {
                if (fmt.length() != 0)
                    pw.format(fmt, args);
                try {
                    char[] ca = readline(false);
                    if (ca != null)
                        line = new String(ca);
                } catch (IOException x) {
                    throw new IOError(x);
                }
            }
        }
        return line;
    }

   /**
    * Reads a single line of text from the console.
    *
    * @throws IOError
    *         If an I/O error occurs.
    *
    * @return  A string containing the line read from the console, not
    *          including any line-termination characters, or <tt>null</tt>
    *          if an end of stream has been reached.
    */
    public String readLine() {
        return readLine("");
    }

   /**
    * Provides a formatted prompt, then reads a password or passphrase from
    * the console with echoing disabled.
    *
    * @param  fmt
    *         A format string as described in <a
    *         href="../util/Formatter.html#syntax">Format string syntax</a>
    *         for the prompt text.
    *
    * @param  args
    *         Arguments referenced by the format specifiers in the format
    *         string.  If there are more arguments than format specifiers, the
    *         extra arguments are ignored.  The maximum number of arguments is
    *         limited by the maximum dimension of a Java array as defined by
    *         the <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/">Java
    *         Virtual Machine Specification</a>.
    *
    * @throws  IllegalFormatException
    *          If a format string contains an illegal syntax, a format
    *          specifier that is incompatible with the given arguments,
    *          insufficient arguments given the format string, or other
    *          illegal conditions.  For specification of all possible
    *          formatting errors, see the <a
    *          href="../util/Formatter.html#detail">Details</a>
    *          section of the formatter class specification.
    *
    * @throws IOError
    *         If an I/O error occurs.
    *
    * @return  A character array containing the password or passphrase read
    *          from the console, not including any line-termination characters,
    *          or <tt>null</tt> if an end of stream has been reached.
    */
    public char[] readPassword(String fmt, Object ... args) {
        char[] passwd = null;
        synchronized (writeLock) {  
            synchronized(readLock) {
                if (fmt.length() != 0)
                    pw.format(fmt, args);
                try {
                    echoOff = echo(false);
                    passwd = readline(true);
                } catch (IOException x) {
                    throw new IOError(x);
                } finally {
		    try {
                        echoOff = echo(true);
                    } catch (IOException xx) {}
                }
                pw.println();
	    }
	}
        return passwd;
    }

   /**
    * Reads a password or passphrase from the console with echoing disabled
    *
    * @throws IOError
    *         If an I/O error occurs.
    *
    * @return  A character array containing the password or passphrase read
    *          from the console, not including any line-termination characters,
    *          or <tt>null</tt> if an end of stream has been reached.
    */
    public char[] readPassword() {
        return readPassword("");
    }

    /**
     * Flushes the console and forces any buffered output to be written
     * immediately .
     */
    public void flush() {
        pw.flush();
    }

    private Object readLock;
    private Object writeLock;
    private Reader reader;
    private Writer out;
    private PrintWriter pw;
    private Formatter formatter;
    private Charset cs;
    private char[] rcb;
    private static native String encoding();
    private static native boolean echo(boolean on) throws IOException;
    private static boolean echoOff;

    private char[] readline(boolean zeroOut) throws IOException {
        int len = reader.read(rcb, 0, rcb.length);
        if (len < 0) 
            return null;  //EOL
        if (rcb[len-1] == '\r')
            len--;        //remove CR at end;
	else if (rcb[len-1] == '\n') {
            len--;        //remove LF at end;
	    if (len > 0 && rcb[len-1] == '\r')
                len--;    //remove the CR, if there is one
        }
	char[] b = new char[len];
        if (len > 0) {
	    System.arraycopy(rcb, 0, b, 0, len);
            if (zeroOut) {
                Arrays.fill(rcb, 0, len, ' ');
            }
	}
	return b;
    }

    private char[] grow() {
        assert Thread.holdsLock(readLock);
        char[] t = new char[rcb.length * 2];
        System.arraycopy(rcb, 0, t, 0, rcb.length);
        rcb = t;
        return rcb;
    }

    class LineReader extends Reader {
        private Reader in;
        private char[] cb;
        private int nChars, nextChar;
        boolean leftoverLF;
        LineReader(Reader in) {
            this.in = in;
            cb = new char[1024];
            nextChar = nChars = 0;
            leftoverLF = false;
        }
        public void close () {}
        public boolean ready() throws IOException {
	    //in.ready synchronizes on readLock already
            return in.ready(); 
        }

        public int read(char cbuf[], int offset, int length)
            throws IOException 
        {
            int off = offset;
            int end = offset + length;
            if (offset < 0 || offset > cbuf.length || length < 0 ||
                end < 0 || end > cbuf.length) {
                throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException();
            }
	    synchronized(readLock) {
                boolean eof = false;
		char c = 0;
		for (;;) {
                    if (nextChar >= nChars) {	//fill
	                int n = 0;
                	do {
	                    n = in.read(cb, 0, cb.length);
                	} while (n == 0);
	                if (n > 0) {
                      	    nChars = n;
                      	    nextChar = 0;
                            if (n < cb.length && 
				cb[n-1] != '\n' && cb[n-1] != '\r') {
			        /*
			         * we're in canonical mode so each "fill" should 
			         * come back with an eol. if there no lf or nl at
			         * the end of returned bytes we reached an eof.
                                 */
                                eof = true;  
			    }
	                } else { /*EOF*/
                            if (off - offset == 0)
                                return -1;
                            return off - offset;
                        }
                    }
                    if (leftoverLF && cbuf == rcb && cb[nextChar] == '\n') {
		        /*
			 * if invoked by our readline, skip the leftover, otherwise
		         * return the LF.
                         */
                        nextChar++;
                    }
                    leftoverLF = false; 
		    while (nextChar < nChars) {
                        c = cbuf[off++] = cb[nextChar];
                        cb[nextChar++] = 0;
			if (c == '\n') {
                            return off - offset;
                        } else if (c == '\r') {
                            if (off == end) {
			        /* no space left even the next is LF, so return
			         * whatever we have if the invoker is not our 
			         * readLine()
                                 */
			        if (cbuf == rcb) {  
                                    cbuf = grow();
                                    end = cbuf.length;
                                } else {
                                    leftoverLF = true;
            			    return off - offset;
                                }
                            }
			    if (nextChar == nChars && in.ready()) {
			        /*
                                 * we have a CR and we reached the end of
                                 * the read in buffer, fill to make sure we
                                 * don't miss a LF, if there is one, it's possible
                                 * that it got cut off during last round reading
                                 * simply because the read in buffer was full.
                                 */
	                        nChars = in.read(cb, 0, cb.length);
                                nextChar = 0;
			    }
                            if (nextChar < nChars && cb[nextChar] == '\n') {
                                cbuf[off++] = '\n';
                                nextChar++;
                            }
			    return off - offset;
			} else if (off == end) {
			   if (cbuf == rcb) {
                                cbuf = grow();
                                end = cbuf.length;
			   } else {
                               return off - offset;
                           }
			}
		    }
                    if (eof)
                        return off - offset;   
		}
	    }
	}
    }

    // Set up JavaIOAccess in SharedSecrets
    static {
        sun.misc.SharedSecrets.setJavaIOAccess(new sun.misc.JavaIOAccess() {
            public Console console() {
                if (istty()) {
                    if (cons == null)
                        cons = new Console();
                    return cons;
		}
		return null;
            }

            // Add a shutdown hook to restore console's echo state should
            // it be necessary.
            public Runnable consoleRestoreHook() {
                return new Runnable() {
	            public void run() {
	                try {
		            if (echoOff) {
                                echo(true);
			    }
			} catch (IOException x) {}
		    }
                };
	    }
            
            public Charset charset() {
                // This method is called in sun.security.util.Password,
                // cons already exists when this method is called
                return cons.cs;
            }
        });
    }
    private static Console cons;
    private native static boolean istty();
    private Console() {
        readLock = new Object();
        writeLock = new Object();    
        String csname = encoding();
        if (csname != null) {
            try {
                cs = Charset.forName(csname);
            } catch (Exception x) {}
        }
        if (cs == null)
            cs = Charset.defaultCharset();
        out = StreamEncoder.forOutputStreamWriter(
                  new FileOutputStream(FileDescriptor.out),
		  writeLock, 
		  cs);
        pw = new PrintWriter(out, true) { public void close() {} };
        formatter = new Formatter(out);
        reader = new LineReader(StreamDecoder.forInputStreamReader(
		     new FileInputStream(FileDescriptor.in),
		     readLock, 
		     cs));
	rcb = new char[1024];
    }
}

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