Simple line reader question

Question

I'm trying to implement a line reader class, but my code does not seem to compile, giving the error that there is no return statement. here's my code.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class InputLineReader
     public static String lineRead (BufferedReader buff)
          try {
          return buff.readLine();
     catch (IOException e)
          System.out.println("IO Error");
}

Answer 1

You have to return after try..catch statement.
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class InputLineReader {
    public static String lineRead (BufferedReader buff) {
     String line = null;
     try {
         line =  buff.readLine();
     } catch (IOException e) {
         System.out.println("IO Error");
     return line;
}Regards,