EasyIn.java - Who's the author?

Question

Hi people, newbie poster so please excuse any dumbness...
A couple of years ago I was given a EasyIn.java file as part of a practical Introducing me to Java. For the last couple of years, whenever I've needed some simple input from the command line, i've used this same class.
However, I'm now about to submit a Major Software Project for my penultimate year and it has just struck me that I don't know who the author of the class is? There are no comments in the file and a google search has yielded no result.
So I ask you dear people if anyone knows the author so that I may cite the use of their code in my report?
Regards
J

Answer 1

That seems to be a different class to the one I have:
import java.io.*;
public abstract class EasyIn {
     public static String getString() {
          boolean ok = false;
          String s = null;
          while (!ok) {
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    s = s.trim();
                    ok = true;
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return s;
     public static int getInt()
          int i = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    i = Integer.parseInt(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter an integer");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return i;
     public static byte getByte()
          byte i = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    i = Byte.parseByte(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter a byte");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return i;
     public static short getShort()
          short i = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    i = Short.parseShort(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter a short integer");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return i;
     public static long getLong()
          long l = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    l = Long.parseLong(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter a long integer");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return l;
     public static double getDouble()
          double d = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    d = Double.parseDouble(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter a decimal number");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return d;
     public static float getFloat()
          float f = 0;
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    f = Float.parseFloat(s.trim());
                    ok = true;
               catch (NumberFormatException e)
                    System.out.println("Make sure you enter a decimal number");
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return f;
     public static char getChar()
          char c = ' ';
          boolean ok = false;
          String s;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    s = new String(b);
                    if (s.trim().length() != 1)
                         System.out
                                   .println("Make sure you enter a single character");
                    else
                         c = s.trim().charAt(0);
                         ok = true;
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
          return c;
     public static void pause()
          boolean ok = false;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.in.read(b);
                    ok = true;
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     public static void pause(String messageIn)
          boolean ok = false;
          while (!ok)
               byte[] b = new byte[512];
               try
                    System.out.print(messageIn);
                    System.in.read(b);
                    ok = true;
               catch (IOException e)
                    System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}