Style Query: Verbs vs. Nouns

[wtd]

Inspired by a recent thread in the Help forum.

You wish to repeatedly prompt the user for a number, until a valid number is retrieved.

Which of the following do you prefer?

code:

class UtilityClass {    public static int getInt(Scanner input, String prompt) {       int result = 0;       while (true) {          try {             System.out.print(prompt + " ");             result = input.nextInt();             break;          }          catch (InputMismatchException e) {          }       }       return result;    }    public static int getInt(Scanner input, String prompt, String errorMessage) {       int result = 0;       while (true) {          try {             System.out.print(prompt + " ");             result = input.nextInt();             break;          }          catch (InputMismatchException e) {             System.out.println(errorMessage);          }       }       return result;    } }

code:

class IntGetter {    private Scanner inputScanner;    private String promptMessage;    private String errorMessage;    private boolean displayPrompt;    public IntGetter(Scanner input, String prompt) {       this.inputScanner = input;       this.promptMessage = prompt;       this.errorMessage = "";       this.displayPrompt = false;    }    public IntGetter(Scanner input, String prompt, String error) {       this.inputScanner = input;       this.promptMessage = prompt;       this.errorMessage = error;       this.displayPrompt = true;    }    public int get() {       int result = 0;       while (true) {          try {             System.out.print(promptMessage + " ");             result = inputScanner.nextInt();             break;          }          catch (InputMismatchException e) {             if (displayPrompt) {                System.out.println(errorMessage);             }          }       }       return result;    } }

The latter should probably have accessor methods, but I don't feel like writing that cruft, so imagine them.