Comparable接口和Comparator接口都是用来定义集合中的排序的,只是Comparable是在集合内部定义排序的实现,Comparator是在集合外部排序的实现。
Comparable 的在java.util中
Comparator 的在java.lang中
Comparable接口的实现表明这个类的对象之间是可以相互比较的,这个类对象组成的集合就可以直接使用sort方法排序。
Comparator可以看成一种算法的实现,将算法和数据分离,Comparator也可以在下面两种环境下使用:
1、类的设计师没有考虑到比较问题而没有实现Comparable,可以通过Comparator来实现排序而不必改变对象或类本身
2、对象之间可以使用多种排序方法
最好将equals方法也实现了,并且与compare方法对应。
一个例子:
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package demos; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.List; import java.util.Set; import java.util.TreeSet; class Student { int age; String name; Student(int age, String name) { this.age = age; this.name = name; } @Override public String toString() { return "[" + age + " , " + name + "]"; } } class myComparator implements Comparator<Student> { @Override public int compare(Student o1, Student o2) { if (o1.age != o2.age) { return o1.age - o2.age; } if (!o1.name.equals(o2.name)) { return o1.name.compareTo(o2.name); } return 0; } } class Teacher implements Comparable<Teacher> { private int age; private String name; Teacher(int age, String name) { this.age = age; this.name = name; } @Override public int compareTo(Teacher o) { if (age != o.age) { return age - o.age; } if (!name.equals(o.name)) { return name.compareTo(o.name); } return 0; } @Override public String toString() { return "[" + age + " , " + name + "]"; } } public class ComparaTest { public static void main(String[] args) { Student s1 = new Student(10, "5li"); Student s2 = new Student(10, "4wang"); Student s3 = new Student(16, "3zh"); Student s4 = new Student(16, "2omg"); Student s5 = new Student(19, "1hehe"); // 比较器是必须的,否则抛异常class cannot be cast to java.lang.Comparable Set set = new TreeSet(new myComparator()); set.add(s5); set.add(s4); set.add(s3); set.add(s2); set.add(s1); System.out.println(set); Teacher t1 = new Teacher(10, "5li"); Teacher t2 = new Teacher(10, "4wang"); Teacher t3 = new Teacher(16, "3zh"); Teacher t4 = new Teacher(16, "2omg"); Teacher t5 = new Teacher(19, "1hehe"); List l = new ArrayList(); l.add(t5); l.add(t4); l.add(t3); l.add(t2); l.add(t1); Collections.sort(l); System.out.println(l); } }
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原文:http://www.cnblogs.com/luangeng/p/6057556.html