Java: Identifier expected

What's the issue here?

class UserInput {
  public void name() {
    System.out.println("This is a test.");
  }
}

public class MyClass {
  UserInput input = new UserInput();
  input.name();
}

This complains:

<identifier> expected
   input.name();

Put your code in a method.

Try this:

public class MyClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        UserInput input = new UserInput();
        input.name();
    }
}

Then "run" the class from your IDE

You can't call methods outside a method. Code like this cannot float around in the class.

You need something like:

public class MyClass {

  UserInput input = new UserInput();

  public void foo() {
      input.name();
  }
}

or inside a constructor:

public class MyClass {

  UserInput input = new UserInput();

  public MyClass() {
      input.name();
  }
}

input.name() needs to be inside a function; classes contain declarations, not random code.