Make the console wait for a user input to close

Question

I have a console application that after performing its tasks, must give feedback to the user, such as \"operation completed\" or \"operation failed\" and the detailed error.

Answer 1

I'd like to add that usually you'll want the program to wait only if it's connected to a console. Otherwise (like if it's a part of a pipeline) there is no point printing a message or waiting. For that you could use Java's Console like this:

import java.io.Console;
// ...
public static void waitForEnter(String message, Object... args) {
    Console c = System.console();
    if (c != null) {
        // printf-like arguments
        if (message != null)
            c.format(message, args);
        c.format("\nPress ENTER to proceed.\n");
        c.readLine();
    }
}