Comparable和Comparator的用法与区别

一 应用场景:

当对自己定义的数据结构需要进行指定排序的时候，java中给了我们两个接口Comparable和Comparator

comparable接口定义一个方法:

 public interface Comparable<T> {
    public int compareTo(T o);
 }

comparator接口定义方法(jdk版本不同数量不同)注意：有些类实现了comparator，但是没有实现equals方式是因为Object类已经实现了equals方法

public interface Comparator<T> {
    int compare(T o1, T o2);
    boolean equals(Object obj);
}

区别在于:实现了comparable的对象直接就可以成为一个可以比较的对象，不过得在类中进行方法定义；comparator在对象外比较，不修改实体类。

 

二  实例演示

1  Comparable用法

1 定义一个Person实体类实现Comparable接口

package test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Person implements Comparable<Person> {
	public int age; // 年龄
	public String name; // 姓名

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		List<Person> list = new ArrayList<Person>();
		Person test1 = new Person(66, "李四");
		Person test2 = new Person(29, "王五");
		Person test3 = new Person(28, "赵六");
		Person test4 = new Person(20, "钱三");
		list.add(test4);
		list.add(test3);
		list.add(test2);
		list.add(test1);
		Collections.sort(list);
		for (Object s : list) {
			System.out.println(s);
		}
		//输出结果如下：
/*		this.age:28o.age:20
		this.age:29o.age:28
		this.age:66o.age:29
		Person [age=20, name=钱三]
		Person [age=28, name=赵六]
		Person [age=29, name=王五]
		Person [age=66, name=李四]*/
	}

	// get、set方法
	public int getAge() {
		return age;
	}

	public void setAge(int age) {
		this.age = age;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

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

	public Person(int age, String name) {
		super();
		this.age = age;
		this.name = name;
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "Person [age=" + age + ", name=" + name + "]";
	}

	// 实现Comparable接口必须实现compareTo方法
	public int compareTo(Person o) {
		if (this.age == o.age && this.name == o.name) {
			return 0;
		} else if (this.age > o.age) {
			System.out.println("this.age:" + this.age + "o.age:" + o.age);
			return 1;
		} else {
			return -1;
		}
	}

	public Person() {
		super();
	}

}

2 Comparator用法

1 定义一个实体类

package test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class emp {
	public int age;
	public String name;

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		List<emp> list = new ArrayList<emp>();
		emp test1 = new emp(69, "李四");
		emp test2 = new emp(29, "王五");
		emp test3 = new emp(28, "赵六");
		emp test4 = new emp(20, "钱三");
		list.add(test4);
		list.add(test3);
		list.add(test2);
		list.add(test1);
		Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<emp>() {
			@Override
			public int compare(emp o1, emp o2) {
				if (o1.age == o2.age && o1.name == o2.name) {
					return 0;
				} else if (o1.age > o2.age) {
					return 1;
				} else {
					return 0;
				}
			}
		});
		for (Object s : list) {
			System.out.println(s);
		}
		//运行结果如下：
		/*emp [age=20, name=钱三]
		emp [age=28, name=赵六]
		emp [age=29, name=王五]
		emp [age=69, name=李四]*/
	}

	public int getAge() {
		return age;
	}

	public void setAge(int age) {
		this.age = age;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

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

	public emp(int age, String name) {
		super();
		this.age = age;
		this.name = name;
	}

	public emp() {
		super();
	}

	@Override
	public String toString() {
		return "emp [age=" + age + ", name=" + name + "]";
	}
}