Problem running code

Question

I always get a null exception whenever I try run code which make use of the until.Scanner class.
Example:

public class Names
public static void main (String[] args){

Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
String name;

System.out.println("Your name: ");
name = input.next();

System.out.println(name);
}

The above code will throw an exception when I try to run it. Can someone help out, maybe I may not be seeing the error.

Thank you.

Answer 1

You should write java.util.Scanner not until

Answer 2

not a necessity but should put input.close(); at the end as well...

and not sure if miss-print but you need a "{" after the public class...
public class Names{
...
}