/*
  Author  : Michael Robinson
  Program : pauseClass.java
  Purpose : This program creates a method called pause()
            which allows the user to stop the program 
            at any particular place.

  Updated : April 26, 2099
*/


import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;


public class pauseClass 
{
    public static void pause()  
    {
        // make a prompt
        System.out.print( "\nPress ENTER to continue " ); 
            
		
        //open a reader over the keyboard (System.in) stream.
        //class  object   method
	    BufferedReader in = 
        new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in ) );
	    
           
        //checking for errors
	try //execute the following line of code
        { 
            String line = in.readLine(); // read one line.
        }
	catch (IOException ioe) 
        { 
            //if an error was detected execute the following
	    System.out.println( "Something went wrong reading IO:" );
            ioe.printStackTrace();
	}
                
    }//end  public pause()


    public static void main( String arg[] )
    {
        pause();
	   	
        System.out.println( "\n  Thank you!\nend of program" );
		
    }//end public static void main( String arg[] )

}//end public class pauseClass