I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong any suggestions?

Question

I will admit right off that I am a newb. I have done some programming with C++ but I have just started with JAVA.
here is the problem. I am writing a program for a course I am in and I have it basically put together but no matter what I do I cant seem to figure out the correct input command to retrieve keystrokes.
I will post the source code and then the error from netbeans 4.1 debug report:
package assignment_one;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
/* @author Justin Jackson
* a program to calculate total gross earnings
* for one week*/
public class Main {
public Main() {
public static void main(String[] args) {
InputStreamReader charReader = new
InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader keyboard=new
BufferedReader(charReader);
int i; //test to see if loop or end
int iBasePay; //base pay rate
int iTotRegHr; //total hours up to 40
int iTotOtHr; //total hours over 40
float fTotPay; //total pay
float fOtRate; //calculated overtime rate
System.out.println("To calculate a paycheck, please press 1");
System.out.println("To exit, please press 2");
i = keyboard.read();
if (i == 1){
System.out.println("Please enter the base pay: ");
iBasePay = keyboard.read();
System.out.println("Thank you.");
System.out.println("Please enter the total hours up to 40: ");
iTotRegHr =keyboard.read();
System.out.println("Thank you.");
System.out.println("Please enter any hours over 40: ");
iTotOtHr = keyboard.read();
System.out.println("Thank you.");
fOtRate = (iBasePay * 1.5f);
fTotPay = (iBasePay * iTotRegHr) + (iTotOtHr * fOtRate);
System.out.print("The total wage is: " + fTotPay);
if (i == 2){
System.out.println("Thank you for using this program ... Goodbye.");
else {
System.out.println("I am sorry, that is not a valid option");
error report:
init:
deps-jar:
Compiling 1 source file to /home/justin/Assignment_One/build/classes
/home/justin/Assignment_One/src/assignment_one/Main.java:32: unreported exception java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
i = keyboard.read();
/home/justin/Assignment_One/src/assignment_one/Main.java:36: unreported exception java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
iBasePay = keyboard.read();
/home/justin/Assignment_One/src/assignment_one/Main.java:39: unreported exception java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
iTotRegHr =keyboard.read();
/home/justin/Assignment_One/src/assignment_one/Main.java:42: unreported exception java.io.IOException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
iTotOtHr = keyboard.read();
4 errors
BUILD FAILED (total time: 1 second)

Answer 1

Just like the message says you need to
1) Declare it to be thrown or
2) Catch java.io.IOException.
For case one add throws java.io.IOException to your main:
public static void main(String[] args) throws java.io.IOException {For case two put your code inside of
public static void main(String[] args) {
  try {
     //your code here
   } catch (java.io.IOException ex) {
      ex.printStackTrace();
}