// GetNext.java: fetch the next char or int from standard input
import java.io.*;
public class GetNext {
   // in: reader for reading input data
   private static Reader in = new InputStreamReader(System.in); 

   // ch: holds the next character read
   private static char ch;

   public static char getNextChar() {
      try {
         ch = (char)in.read();
      }
      catch (Exception exception) 
      {
         System.out.println("Error reading character");
         ch = ' ';
      }
      return ch;
   }
}