why scanner is used in java code example

Example 1: scanner in java

import java.util.Scanner;		//Import Scanner in java

class classname{
  public void methodname(){
    Scanner s_name = new Scanner(System.in);	//Scanner declaration
    //Use Scanner object to take input
    int val1    =  s_name.nextInt();			//int
    float val2  =  s_name.nextFloat();			//float
    double val3 =  s_name.nextDouble();			//double
    string name =  s_name.nextLine();			//string
    char ch     =  s_name.nextLine().charAt(0);	//character
  }}

Example 2: how to use scanners in java

import java.util.Scanner;

Public class Scanner {
	Public static void main(String[] args) {
    	// Scanner *scanner name here* = new Scanner(System.in);
      	Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
      	System.out.println("Type anything and the scanner will take that input and print it");
      	String next = scan.next();
      	System.out.println(next);
    } 
}