Equivalent function to C's “_getch()” in Java?

Question

I use Google Wave, and I want to emulate the ability to send messages before you actually hit the enter key.

Is there a Java equivalent to the C function _getc

Answer 1

This will Do the trick but i works only from command line . Not from IDE

 Console c =System.console();
Reader r = c.reader();
try {
    num=    r.read();
} catch (IOException e) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e.printStackTrace();
}