Newbie Programming problem

Hi, I'm trying to write a program that takes in user input and only terminates when a certain word is entered.
I so far have this

Code :

---

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.IOException;
 
public class Example
{
 
    private void getInput(String line)
    {
 
       BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
       System.out.print("Enter String: ");
 
           try
                {
                        line = reader.readLine();
                 }
                   catch(IOException e)
                   {
                        System.out.println ( "Error" ) ; 
                    } 
 
 
  while(true)
  { if ("terminate".equals(line))
           {
              break;
          }
 
     else
        {
            System.out.println(line);
           line = reader.readLine();
        }
    }
 
}  
 
 
private static void main(String[] args)
{
  new Example().getInput(String line);
}
}

---

When I compile this it tells me that it expects ')' in the last method. Anyone know how I can fix this?

You don't need to put the full method signature in order to call a function, just the parameters. Also, since line is going to be used locally in your getInput() method, I would just declare the method to take no arguments and call it. You will also run into run-time errors because you declared the main method private, but it should be public. You will have a similar problem (though, this one will register as a compile error) becuase getInput() should also be declared public.

Code :

---

public void getInput()
{
   // your getInput code
}
 
public static void main(String[] args)
{
     new Example().getInput();
}

---