在业务逻辑中,我们经常需要对list进行排序,就像下面这样:
Collections.sort(l);
如果l中的元素是String类型,你会发现sort方法将使用字母顺序排序。如果l中的元素是Date类型,sort方法将使用日历顺序排序。这是因为String和Date都实现了Comparable接口,也就是说,如果你想对某种对象进行排序,那么它必须实现Comparable接口。在Java语言中,实现该接口的类罗列如下:
Classes Implementing Comparable
Class | Natural Ordering |
| Signed numerical |
| Unsigned numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
| Signed numerical |
|
|
| System-dependent lexicographic on path name |
| Lexicographic |
| Chronological |
| Locale-specific lexicographic |
如果某个类是别人写的,它确实没有实现该接口,那就对排序问题无能为力了么?不是的,sort还有另一种形式:
Collections.sort(list, comparator)
只有这两种方法。如果以上两种方法你都没有做,那么sort方法将抛出异常。
Comparable接口
Comparable接口形式如下:
public interface Comparable<T> {
public int compareTo(T o);
}
是的,它只有一个方法。你必须在该方法中定义对象是如何比较的。下面是一个demo:
SortDemo.java
package Colloections;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
public class SortDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
new SortDemo().sort();
} private void sort(){
Person p1 = new Person("bob", 5);
Person p2 = new Person("albert", 8);
Person p3 = new Person("bob", 13);
List<Person> list = new ArrayList<Person>();
list.add(p1);
list.add(p2);
list.add(p3);
System.out.printf("排序前:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
Collections.sort(list);
System.out.printf("排序后:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
}
}
class Person implements Comparable<Person>{
public String name;
public int age;
public Person(String n, int a){
name = n;
age = a;
}
public String toString() {
return String.format("Name is %s, Age is %d%n", name, age);
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Person o) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//排序优先级为:姓名/年龄
int nameComp = this.name.compareTo(o.name);
return (nameComp != 0 ? nameComp : (this.age - o.age));
}
}
程序输出如下:
排序前:
Name is bob, Age is 5
Name is albert, Age is 8
Name is bob, Age is 13
排序后:
Name is albert, Age is 8
Name is bob, Age is 5
Name is bob, Age is 13
Comparator
Comparator接口提供一个独立的排序功能,这有两个用处:1.你不想使用某个类自带的compareTo逻辑进行排序;2.某个类并没有继承Comparable接口。可见,Comparator接口使得排序更加灵活。它的形式如下所示:
public interface Comparator<T> {
int compare(T o1, T o2);
}
是的,一个方法就够了。当o1比o2小于,等于,大于时,compare方法将返回一个负数,零或者正数。使用demo如下:
SortDemo.java
package Colloections;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
public class SortDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//new SortDemo().sort();
new SortDemo().sortByComparatpr();
}
private void sortByComparatpr(){
Person p1 = new Person("bob", 5);
Person p2 = new Person("albert", 8);
Person p3 = new Person("bob", 13);
List<Person> list = new ArrayList<Person>();
list.add(p1);
list.add(p2);
list.add(p3);
System.out.printf("排序前:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
PersonComparator comparator = new PersonComparator();
Collections.sort(list, comparator);
System.out.printf("排序后:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
}
private void sort(){
Person p1 = new Person("bob", 5);
Person p2 = new Person("albert", 8);
Person p3 = new Person("bob", 13);
List<Person> list = new ArrayList<Person>();
list.add(p1);
list.add(p2);
list.add(p3);
System.out.printf("排序前:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
Collections.sort(list);
System.out.printf("排序后:%n");
for (Person person : list) {
System.out.printf(person.toString());
}
}
}
class Person implements Comparable<Person>{
public String name;
public int age;
public Person(String n, int a){
name = n;
age = a;
}
public String toString() {
return String.format("Name is %s, Age is %d%n", name, age);
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Person o) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
//排序优先级为:姓名/年龄
int nameComp = this.name.compareTo(o.name);
return (nameComp != 0 ? nameComp : (this.age - o.age));
}
}
class PersonComparator implements Comparator<Person>{
@Override
public int compare(Person o1, Person o2) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return o2.compareTo(o1);
}
}
程序输出如下:
排序前:
Name is bob, Age is 5
Name is albert, Age is 8
Name is bob, Age is 13
排序后:
Name is bob, Age is 13
Name is bob, Age is 5
Name is albert, Age is 8
注意,这里的输出是降序排列的,因为在compare方法中使用o2与o1进行了比较。如果需要升序排列,则如下修改即可:
return o1.compareTo(o2);
注意,不要这样修改:
return -o2.compareTo(o1);
这是因为compareTo返回的负数值是不确定的,而有一个特殊的负整数,取负时结果仍为负数:
-Integer.MIN_VALUE == Integer.MIN_VALUE