Comparable 和 Comparator 对对象排序的用法与区别

最近做项目遇到了对对象排序的问题， 特此研究Java的API, 对Comparable与Comparator的用法总结如下：

java.lang.Comparable	java.util.Comparator
int objOne.compareTo(objTwo)	int compare (objOne, objTwo)
返回：    负数:  如果 objOne < objTwo    零:      如果 objOne == objTwo    正数:   如果  objOne > objTwo	同 Comparable
必须修改要比较的类的结构，令其实现Comparable 接口	编写一个独立的类，令其实现Comparator接口
一个类只能有一种排序	一个类可以有多重排序方式，只要多编写一个Comparator的实现类就好了。
JAVA API中经常用到，例如：String, 包装类（Integer, Long, Double…）, Date, Calendar …	用于对第三方类的排序，因为第三方类一般都是无法修改的，更别说实现Comparable了，所以只能使用Comparator了。

 

下面是两个例子来论证如何去使用，这里我使用了内部类，大家也可以跟着看下内部类如何在静态方法中的调用。

 

1. 使用Comparable排序

import java.util.*; public class ComparableTest{ public static void main(String[] args ){ ArrayList<DVDInfo> dvdList = new ArrayList<DVDInfo>(); populateList(dvdList); // adds the file data to the ArrayList System.out.println("Before Sorting:"); System.out.println(dvdList); Collections.sort(dvdList); System.out.println("After Sorting:"); System.out.println(dvdList); } class DVDInfo implements Comparable<DVDInfo> { String title; String genre; String leadActor; DVDInfo(String t, String g, String a) { title = t; genre = g; leadActor = a; } public String toString() { return title + " " + genre + " " + leadActor + "/n"; } public int compareTo(DVDInfo d) { return title.compareTo(d.getTitle()); } public String getTitle() { return title; } // other getters and setters } public static void populateList(ArrayList<DVDInfo> dvdList){ //Call inner class from a static context. use new OuterClass.new InnerClass() DVDInfo di1 = new ComparableTest().new DVDInfo("Matrix", "Science Fiction", "Keanu Reeves"); DVDInfo di2 = new ComparableTest().new DVDInfo("Forrest Gump", "Comedy-drama", "Tom Hanks"); DVDInfo di3 = new ComparableTest().new DVDInfo("Mission Impossible", "Action", "Tom Cruise"); dvdList.add(di1); dvdList.add(di2); dvdList.add(di3); } } /* Result: Before Sorting: [Matrix Science Fiction Keanu Reeves , Forrest Gump Comedy-drama Tom Hanks , Mission Impossible Action Tom Cruise ] After Sorting: [Forrest Gump Comedy-drama Tom Hanks , Matrix Science Fiction Keanu Reeves , Mission Impossible Action Tom Cruise ] */

2. 使用Comparator排序

import java.util.*; public class ComparatorTest{ public static void main(String[] args ){ ArrayList<DVDInfo> dvdList = new ArrayList<DVDInfo>(); populateList(dvdList); // adds the file data to the ArrayList System.out.println("Before Sorting:"); System.out.println(dvdList); TitleComparator tc = new ComparatorTest().new TitleComparator(); Collections.sort(dvdList, tc); System.out.println("After Sorting:"); System.out.println(dvdList); } class TitleComparator implements Comparator<DVDInfo>{ public int compare(DVDInfo one, DVDInfo two){ return one.getTitle().compareTo(two.getTitle()); } } //No need to implement Comparable class DVDInfo { String title; String genre; String leadActor; DVDInfo(String t, String g, String a) { title = t; genre = g; leadActor = a; } public String toString() { return title + " " + genre + " " + leadActor + "/n"; } public String getTitle() { return title; } // other getters and setters } public static void populateList(ArrayList<DVDInfo> dvdList){ //Call inner class from a static context. use new OuterClass.new InnerClass() DVDInfo di1 = new ComparatorTest().new DVDInfo("Matrix", "Science Fiction", "Keanu Reeves"); DVDInfo di2 = new ComparatorTest().new DVDInfo("Forrest Gump", "Comedy-drama", "Tom Hanks"); DVDInfo di3 = new ComparatorTest().new DVDInfo("Mission Impossible", "Action", "Tom Cruise"); dvdList.add(di1); dvdList.add(di2); dvdList.add(di3); } } /* Result: Before Sorting: [Matrix Science Fiction Keanu Reeves , Forrest Gump Comedy-drama Tom Hanks , Mission Impossible Action Tom Cruise ] After Sorting: [Forrest Gump Comedy-drama Tom Hanks , Matrix Science Fiction Keanu Reeves , Mission Impossible Action Tom Cruise ] */