What is the difference between Scanner and BufferedReader classes?

Answer 1

"The Java.io.BufferedReader class reads text from a character-input stream, buffering characters so as to provide for the efficient reading of characters, arrays, and lines.Following are the important points aboutBufferedReader: The buffer size may be specified, or the default size may be used."(tutorialspoint.com)

And the scanner pretty much does the same thing, it takes imput from user.

Answer 2

i personally use scanner because its easier. i rarely use bufferedread except for fps's. so i guess scanner is easier to use especially for beginners. i hope i helped you in any way. and im not sure theres other classes able to read user imput, because i never learned anything other then these two.

Answer 3

Thank you Aquarius, I actually learned BufferedReader before so I'm comfortable with its use but I find it weird to see two classes perform (apparently) the exact same task

Answer 4

Ok, but then what are the cases in which it's better to use one than the other? And are there other classes able to read user input?