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// MsgBox3 - Displays Strings in a boxes.  Non-GUI stand-alone Java
// program.  This version shows the creation and use of two methods.
//
// Written by Wayne Pollock, Tampa, FL USA, 2000
// Modified by Wayne Pollock 2005 to use Java Scanner class.
// Modified by Wayne Pollock 2014 to count Unicode characters correctly.

import java.util.Scanner;

class MsgBox3
{
   public static void main ( String [] args )
   {
      Scanner in = new Scanner( System.in );

      for ( ;; )
      {
         System.out.print( "Enter your Message (Hit Enter to quit): " );
         if ( ! in.hasNextLine() )
            break;  // Quit on EOF

         String message = in.nextLine();

         if ( message.length() == 0 )
               break;   // Quit on empty message (or EOF)

            boxMsg( message );
      }
   }


   public static void boxMsg ( String msg )
   {
      int length = msg.codePointCount( 0, msg.length() );
      drawLine( length );   // Draw the top of the box
      System.out.println( "\t|" + msg + "|" );
      drawLine( length );   // Draw the bottom of the box
   }


   public static void drawLine ( int width )
   {
      System.out.print( "\t+" );
      for ( int i = 0; i < width; ++i )
         System.out.print( "-" );
      System.out.println( "+" );
   }
}