capturing keyboard scan codes using Java

[kumaraswamy adurthi]

Hello,

I had tried capturing what would be the scan code for left arrow by using Java.I used the System.in.read().but that did not help.

If some one is aware of how to get these scancodes from the console in Java,please let me know about that.

Thank you.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

You can't do it from the console from native Java. System.in is line-buffered; you see no characters until Enter is pressed -- and then you only see the Unicode for the actual plaintext characters.

You can get key codes in a GUI window, though (AWT or Swing.)