Can't read int value

Question

import java.io.*;
class binary
     public static void main(String args[])
          BufferedReader br;
          int ch=0;
          br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
          System.out.println("enter value");
          try    
               ch = (int)br.read();
          catch(IOException e)
               System.out.println("Exception Caught");
          System.out.println("the value entered is :" +  ch);
}the read method used above reads an character and returns it integer value and if we want to read an integer value how to do so, i tried it in the above code but it doesn't work
is there any specific function for reading int values or we need to use the ByteStream classes instead of the Character ones
plz reply

Answer 1

thanks it worked
i read my number using the readLine() method as a
String and then converted it back to an int value
ut is there no method by which i could read values as
int from the console n not have to do the conversion
part.plz heply guys