在集合或者数组中,有时候需要对里面的元素,也就是对象进行排序,依照对象的某个或者某几个属性从大到小或者从小到大进行排序,我们可以采用直接编码的方式,将集合或者数组中的元素进行重新排列,但,采用java本身提供的接口,无疑是一种更有效的方法。

      java提供两种方式来提供比较功能。第一种是实现java.lang.Comparable接口,它有一个 int compareTo(Object o)方法,重写此方法即可。

package compare;

public class People implements Comparable {
	private int id;
	private String name;

	public People(int id,String name){
		this.id=id;
		this.name=name;
	}
	/*
	 * 这里表示按id从小到大排序,如果该对象小于、等于或大于指定对象Object o,则分别返回负整数、零或正整数
	 * 如果需要从大到小排序,则如果该对象小于、等于或大于指定对象Object o,则分别返回正整数、零或负整数
	 * @see java.lang.Comparable#compareTo(java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public int compareTo(Object o) {
		People people=(People)o;
		if(id<people.getId()){
			return -1;
		}
		if(id>people.getId()){
			return 1;
		}
		return 0;
	}

	public int getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(int id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
}

 测试代码如下:

List peopleList = new ArrayList();
		peopleList.add(new People(2, "张三"));
		peopleList.add(new People(1, "李四"));
		peopleList.add(new People(0, "王五"));
		System.out.println("排序前");
		for (int i = 0; i < peopleList.size(); i++) {
			People people = (People) peopleList.get(i);
			System.out.println(people.getId() + " " + people.getName());
		}
		Collections.sort(peopleList);
		System.out.println("排序后");
		for (int i = 0; i < peopleList.size(); i++) {
			People people = (People) peopleList.get(i);
			System.out.println(people.getId() + " " + people.getName());
		}

 以下是输出结果:

排序前
2 张三
1 李四
0 王五
排序后
0 王五
1 李四
2 张三

 另一种方式是实现java.util.Comparator接口,重写int compare(Object o1, Object o2)方法即可。

package compare;

import java.util.Comparator;

public class Compare implements Comparator {

	/* 
	 * 这里表示按id从小到大排序,如果该对象o1小于、等于或大于指定对象o2,则分别返回负整数、零或正整数
	 * 如果需要从大到小排序,则如果对象o1小于、等于或大于指定对象o2,则分别返回正整数、零或负整数
	 * @see java.util.Comparator#compare(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)
	 */
	public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
		Student s1=(Student)o1;
		Student s2=(Student)o2;
		if(s1.getId()<s2.getId()){
			return -1;
		}
		if(s1.getId()>s2.getId()){
			return 1;
		}
		return 0;
	}
}

 Student类代码如下:

package compare;

public class Student {
	private int id;
	private String name;

	public Student(int id, String name) {
		this.id = id;
		this.name = name;
	}

	public int getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(int id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setName(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
}

 测试代码如下:

List<Student> list = new ArrayList<Student>();
		Student s1 = new Student(1, "a");
		Student s2 = new Student(2, "b");
		Student s3 = new Student(3, "c");

		list.add(s3);
		list.add(s2);
		list.add(s1);

		System.out.println("排序前");
		for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
			Student s = list.get(i);
			System.out.println(s.getId() + " " + s.getName());
		}
		Collections.sort(list, new Compare());
		System.out.println("排序后");
		for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
			Student s = list.get(i);
			System.out.println(s.getId() + " " + s.getName());
		}

 结果如下:

排序前
3 c
2 b
1 a
排序后
1 a
2 b
3 c

 结果和预期是相同的。



这两种方法都可以实现按照对象的属性进行排序,或者自己定义排序规则,不过个人更倾向于使用第二种方式,因为这种方式对JavaBean不进行任何的修改,而且扩展起来也很方便