Editable command-line

Hi,
Im trying to make a small CLI-program, with no GUI, that presents the user with a command-line.
System.in works fine for reading the user-input until the user tries to do some editing on the command-line other than delete, like moving the cursor.
Is there an input-class that enables the user to edit its command-line before hitting enter?
If I have to make my own class, where/how do I catch the keystrokes the user makes?
And move the cursor?
Any points welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Edited by: bo.h on 2008-jun-02 19:33

Is there an input-class that enables the user to edit its command-line before hitting enter?You mean outside a Java program? No.
If I have to make my own class, where/how do I catch the keystrokes the user makes? And move the cursor?You would use a Java GUI of some kind. Look at the Robot class.

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