Console.reader.close() misunderstanding

[Vadim Vararu]

public static void main(String[] args) {
		Console console = System.console();
		try {
			console.reader().close();
		} catch (IOException e) {
		}
		String name = console.readLine("Please enter your name: ");
		console.format("Hello %s!", name);
	}

Why we can read a line and the program prints if further if we close the reader?

[Joanne Neal]

Because you're not closing the input stream. Read the javadoc for Console ? Particularly the main description.