如果我从catch块中删除input.nextLine（），就会启动一个无限循环。注解说input.nextLine（）正在丢弃输入。它到底是怎么做到的？

import java.util.*;

public class InputMismatchExceptionDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
boolean continueInput = true;

do {
  try {
    System.out.print("Enter an integer: ");
    int number = input.nextInt();

    // Display the result
    System.out.println(
      "The number entered is " + number);

    continueInput = false;
  } 
  catch (InputMismatchException ex) {
    System.out.println("Try again. (" + 
      "Incorrect input: an integer is required)");
    input.nextLine(); // discard input 
  }
} while (continueInput);
}
}

还有一件事。另一方面，下面列出的代码在不包含任何input.nextLine（）语句的情况下可以完美地工作。为什么？

import java.util.*;

public class InputMismatchExceptionDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter four inputs::");
int a = input.nextInt();
int b = input.nextInt();
int c = input.nextInt();
int d = input.nextInt();
int[] x = {a,b,c,d};
for(int i = 0; i<x.length; i++)
    System.out.println(x[i]);
}
}