OnJava8-Examples/arrays/ComparatorTest.java

// arrays/ComparatorTest.java
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// Implementing a Comparator for a class
import java.util.*;
import onjava.*;
import static onjava.ArrayShow.*;

class CompTypeComparator implements Comparator<CompType> {
  public int compare(CompType o1, CompType o2) {
    return (o1.j < o2.j ? -1 : (o1.j == o2.j ? 0 : 1));
  }
}

public class ComparatorTest {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    CompType[] a = new CompType[12];
    Arrays.setAll(a, n -> CompType.get());
    show("Before sorting", a);
    Arrays.sort(a, new CompTypeComparator());
    show("After sorting", a);
  }
}
/* Output:
Before sorting: [[i = 35, j = 37], [i = 41, j = 20], [i =
77, j = 79]
, [i = 56, j = 68], [i = 48, j = 93], [i = 70, j = 7]
, [i = 0, j = 25], [i = 62, j = 34], [i = 50, j = 82]
, [i = 31, j = 67], [i = 66, j = 54], [i = 21, j = 6]
]
After sorting: [[i = 21, j = 6], [i = 70, j = 7], [i = 41,
j = 20]
, [i = 0, j = 25], [i = 62, j = 34], [i = 35, j = 37]
, [i = 66, j = 54], [i = 31, j = 67], [i = 56, j = 68]
, [i = 77, j = 79], [i = 50, j = 82], [i = 48, j = 93]
]
*/