/** @return The next command from the user. */ public Command getCommands() { String inputLine; // will hold the full input line String word1 = null; String word2 = null; System.out.print("> "); // print prompt inputLine = reader.nextLine(); // Find up to two words on the line. Scanner tokenizer = new Scanner(inputLine); if (tokenizer.hasNext()) { word1 = tokenizer.next(); // get first word if (tokenizer.hasNext()) { word2 = tokenizer.next(); // get second word // note: we just ignore the rest of the input line. } } // Now check whether this word is known. If so, create a command // with it. If not, create a "null" command (for unknown command). if (commands.isCommand(word1)) { return new Command(word1, word2); } else { return new Command(null, word2); } }