Arrays类的sort()方法实现Comparable接口对象数组排序

     Arrays类中的sort方法承诺可以对对象数组进行排序，但要求满足下列前提：对象所属的类必须实现了Comparable接口。下面是Comparable接口的代码：

//Java SE 5.0之前：
public interface Comaprable {
	public int comparableTo(Object other);
}
//Java SE 5.0中，Comparable接口已经改进为泛型类型。
public interface Comparable<T> {
    public int compareTo(T o);
}

    下面对一个Employee类实例数组进行排序，用于对一个员工数组排序。

package interfaces;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * This program demonstrates the use of the Comparable interface.
 */
public class EmployeeSortTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Employee[] staff = new Employee[3];

        staff[0] = new Employee("Harry hacker", 35000);
        staff[1] = new Employee("Carl Cracker", 75000);
        staff[2] = new Employee("Tony Tester", 38000);

        Arrays.sort(staff);

        //print out information about all Employee objects
        for(Employee e : staff) {
            System.out.println("name=" + e.getName() + ", salary=" + e.getSalary());
        }
    }
}

package interfaces;

public class Employee implements Comparable<Employee> {
    private String name;
    private double salary;

    public Employee(String name, double salary) {
        this.name = name;
        this.salary = salary;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public double getSalary() {
        return salary;
    }

    public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) {
        double raise = salary * byPercent / 100;
        salary += raise;
    }

    /**
     * Compares employees by salary
     */
    //在实现接口中的方法时，不允许使用@Override
    public int compareTo(Employee other) {
        return Double.compare(salary, other.salary);
    }
}

       编译并运行，程序执行结果如下：

name=Harry hacker, salary=35000.0
name=Tony Tester, salary=38000.0
name=Carl Cracker, salary=75000.0