java comparator及comparable的使用

1. java.util.Comparator的声明：

public interface Comparator<T>
{
	public abstract boolean equals(Object obj);
	public abstract int compare(T cobj1, T cobj2);
}

2.  比较器Comparator主要用于自己定义一种比较方式，如创建一个Student的数组，那它排序时是按年龄还是姓名呢。

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
class CompareName implements Comparator <Student>{
	
	public int compare(Student arg0, Student arg1) {
		
		return arg0.name.compareTo(arg1.name);//调用String的compareTo()
	}
}
class CompareAge implements Comparator <Student>{
	
	public int compare(Student arg0, Student arg1) {
		
		return arg0.age>arg1.age?1:-1;
	}
}
class Student{
	 String name;
	 int age;
	Student(String name, int age)
	{
		this.name =name;
		this.age = age;
	}
}

public class Test{
	
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Student std[] ={new Student("a",33),new Student("b",20)};
		
		Arrays.sort(std, new CompareAge());  //按年龄排序
		//Arrays.sort(std, new CompareName()); //按姓名排序
		
		System.out.println(std[0].name+" "+std[1].name);
 	}
	
}

3. 按年龄排序结果为     a b

按年龄排序结果为     b a

4. comparable 接口用于在定义类时就直接定义了比较该类的方法（compareTo()）。

	class Student implements Comparable<Student>{
		 String name;
		 int age;
		Student(String name, int age)
		{
			this.name =name;
			this.age = age;
		}
		public int compareTo(Student st) {
			return this.age>st.age?1:(this.age==st.age?0:-1);
		}
	}

	public class Test{
		
		public static void main(String[] args)
		{
			Student std[] ={new Student("a",33),new Student("b",20)};
			
			Arrays.sort(std);  //按年龄排序
			System.out.println(std[0].name+" "+std[1].name);
	 	}	
	}

输出：b a

使用Arrays 的sort()方法排序，默认升序