通过一个demo来对比Comparator和Comparable

package edu.princeton.cs.JavaClassAndInterface;

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

public class AboutComparator {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        ArrayList<Movie> list = new ArrayList<Movie>();
        list.add(new Movie("Force Awakens", 8.3, 2015));
        list.add(new Movie("Star Wars", 8.7, 1977));
        list.add(new Movie("Empire Strikes Back", 8.8, 1980));
        list.add(new Movie("Return of the Jedi", 8.4, 1983));

        // Sort by rating : (1) Create an object of ratingCompare
        //                  (2) Call Collections.sort
        //                  (3) Print Sorted list
        System.out.println("Sorted by rating");
        RatingCompare ratingCompare = new RatingCompare();
        Collections.sort(list, ratingCompare);
        for (Movie movie: list)
            System.out.println(movie.getRating() + " " +
                    movie.getName() + " " +
                    movie.getYear());


        // Call overloaded sort method with RatingCompare
        // (Same three steps as above)
        System.out.println("\nSorted by name");
        NameCompare nameCompare = new NameCompare();
        Collections.sort(list, nameCompare);
        for (Movie movie: list)
            System.out.println(movie.getName() + " " +
                    movie.getRating() + " " +
                    movie.getYear());

        // Uses Comparable to sort by year
        System.out.println("\nSorted by year");
        Collections.sort(list);
        for (Movie movie: list)
            System.out.println(movie.getYear() + " " +
                    movie.getRating() + " " +
                    movie.getName()+" ");
    }
}

class Movie implements Comparable<Movie>
{
    private double rating;
    private String name;
    private int year;

    // Used to sort movies by year
    //这里实现了Comparable这个接口里面的方法,这里是关键
    public int compareTo(Movie m)
    {
        return this.year - m.year;
    }

    // Constructor
    public Movie(String nm, double rt, int yr)
    {
        this.name = nm;
        this.rating = rt;
        this.year = yr;
    }

    // Getter methods for accessing private data
    public double getRating() { return rating; }
    public String getName()   {  return name; }
    public int getYear()      {  return year;  }
}

// Class to compare Movies by ratings
class RatingCompare implements Comparator<Movie>
{
    //这里是关键,这里是实现了Comparator这个接口里面的compare方法
    public int compare(Movie m1, Movie m2)
    {
        if (m1.getRating() < m2.getRating()) return -1;
        if (m1.getRating() > m2.getRating()) return 1;
        else return 0;
    }
}

// Class to compare Movies by name
class NameCompare implements Comparator<Movie>
{
    public int compare(Movie m1, Movie m2)
    {
        return m1.getName().compareTo(m2.getName());
    }
}