You can use java.util.Scanner (API):

import java.util.Scanner;

//...

Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
int num = in.nextInt();

It can also tokenize input with regular expression, etc. The API has examples and there are many others in this site (e.g. How do I keep a scanner from throwing exceptions when the wrong type is entered?).

Use Scanner.hasNextInt():

Returns true if the next token in this scanner's input can be interpreted as an int value in the default radix using the nextInt() method. The scanner does not advance past any input.

Here's a snippet to illustrate:

Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.print("Enter number 1: ");
while (!sc.hasNextInt()) sc.next();
int num1 = sc.nextInt();
int num2;
System.out.print("Enter number 2: ");
do {
    while (!sc.hasNextInt()) sc.next();
    num2 = sc.nextInt();
} while (num2 < num1);
System.out.println(num1 + " " + num2);

You don't have to parseInt or worry about NumberFormatException. Note that since the hasNextXXX methods don't advance past any input, you may have to call next() if you want to skip past the "garbage", as shown above.

Related questions

• How do I keep a scanner from throwing exceptions when the wrong type is entered? (java)

Try this code

package exmaple;

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Parser {

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

        String name = in.next();

        try{
            int result = Integer.parseInt(name);
            if(result / 2 == 1) {
                System.out.println("a");
            }

        } catch(Exception exception) {

        }
        in.close();
    }

}