Putting a string into ArrayList<String>

I am trying to read a file and pick out certain pieces of information. When a piece of information come out i need to add it into an arraylist.

Code:

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public void readImports(Scanner sc){
        while(sc.hasNextLine()){
     
            String[] importLineSplit = sc.nextLine().split("\\s+");
           
            for(int i = 1; i < importLineSplit.length; i ++){
                    if(importLineSplit[i].contains(";")) break;
                            if(importLineSplit[i].contains(",")){
                                importLineSplit[i] = importLineSplit[i].substring(0,(importLineSplit[i].length()-1));                                                     
                            }
                            System.out.println(importLineSplit[i]);
                            MibImport.addMibImport(importLineSplit[i]);
                           
                }
            }
        }

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This is the method that reads after the word "IMPORT" is found until it reaches a semicolon. Everything works perfectly fine until i reach the line MibImport.addMibImport(importLineSplit[i]); then i get a null pointer exception. MibImport is its own class for all my import data and contains the method

Code:

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public void addMibImport(Object data){
        importsList.add(data);
    }

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this is so i can add each string individually at the end of the arraylist. So how can i add each element to the arraylist without a nullpointer?

Did you get the exception each time or at the last insertion?

Since both methods are in the same class what's the point of using the class reference to access a method.

Something's weird here:

Code:

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MibImport.addMibImport(importLineSplit[i]);

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This line calls a class (static) method, but the following declares an instance (nonstatic) method.

Code:

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public void addMibImport(Object data){

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Actual code would help and the actual and complete compiler message(s) that the code gives rise to.

The compiler gives me null pointer exception then the stack starting at my import line. Its actually at the first insertion. Thats whats throwing me off. I run through the debugger and none of the insertions are null! They are all strings. I am aware that the class is static. I want to put the imports in a different class because i need to add more methods to manipulate the array list. basically the imports text is an object.

Code:

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MibImport.addMibImport(importLineSplit[i]);

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Is my error because when a constant or literal string in that method i get the same error. When i get in work tomorrow i will post the complete code listings.

importsList is static or not
importsList assigned to an ArrayList or not?

importsList is not static and it is assigned to an arrayList.
But i realized my error i over simplfyed my approach. So i am going to create an ArrayList in my reading class and just extract the data from there. Thanks for all the help. I was trying to create a class using a static methods. rookie mistake.