title: Why doesn't the Scanner class have a nextChar method?
body: <p>This is really a curiosity more than a problem...</p>
  
  <p>Why doesn't the <code>Scanner</code> class have a <code>nextChar()</code> method? It seems like it should when you consider the fact that it has <code>next</code>, <code>nextInt</code>, <code>nextLine</code> etc method.</p>
  
  <p>I realize you can simply do the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>userChar = in.next().charAt(0);
  System.out.println( userChar  );
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But why not have a <code>nextChar()</code> method?</p>