Is it possible to display color in the Java Console? (Eclipse)

Asked Jul 23 '15 at 13:46

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I'm currently working on a program that checks Id's. It prints everything in the console. If the Id is valid then I want it to be green else red. Is there code to do this? I am currently working in Eclipse.

I am not looking for Eclipse plugins, but more so maybe a library I can include or Java specific code. This has nothing to do with ANSI Scala or whatever it is.

edited Jul 23 '15 at 13:51

asked Jul 23 '15 at 13:46

Huang Chen

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If it has nothing to do with eclipse, why do you mention it in the first place? – dr0i Jul 23 '15 at 13:54
@dr0i I'm not saying it has nothing to do with Eclipse. I'm saying im not looking for a plugin. I mentioned Eclipse as my IDE thinking maybe other IDE's consoles behave differently. – Huang Chen Jul 23 '15 at 13:57
This can only be done using a plugin if you are displaying on an Eclipse console. – Stephen C Jul 23 '15 at 14:06
@StephenC how about any other IDE (JGrasp, Netbeans, IntelliJ)? – Huang Chen Jul 23 '15 at 14:07
If an IDE doesn't already support writing colour to its console, then that functionality *could* only be implemented via a plugin. (And I don't know if it actually *can* ...) – Stephen C Jul 23 '15 at 14:22
@StephenC Thanks for your input – Huang Chen Jul 23 '15 at 14:32

Is it possible to display color in the Java Console? (Eclipse)

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