Comparable与Comparator的区别

当需要排序的集合或数组不是单纯的数字型时，通常可以使用Comparator或Comparable,可用以下两种方法进行自定义排序.
两者的共同点都是 返回正数 前者大 负数 后者大  0相等
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继承Comparable接口

package com.train.blog;

public class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
    private int id;
    private int age;
    private String name;

    Student(int id, int age, String name) {
        this.id = id;
        this.age = age;
        this.name = name;
    }


    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

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

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


    @Override
    public int compareTo(Student s) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return this.age - s.age;
    }
}

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继承Comparable接口 进行测试

public void TestComparable(){
        List<Student> list=new ArrayList<Student>();
        Student student1=new Student(1,10,"名字1");
        Student student2=new Student(1,4,"名字2");
        Student student3=new Student(1,2,"名字3");
        Student student4=new Student(1,20,"名字4");
        Student student5=new Student(1,15,"名字5");
        list.add(student1);
        list.add(student2);
        list.add(student3);
        list.add(student4);
        list.add(student5);
        Collections.sort(list);
        for (Student student : list) {
            System.out.println("student的年龄："+student.getAge()+"  学生的姓名："+student.getName());
        }
    }

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继承Comparator

package com.train.blog;

public class Teacher {
    private int id;
    private int age;
    private String name;

    Teacher(int id, int age, String name) {
        this.id = id;
        this.age = age;
        this.name = name;
    }


    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

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

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

package com.train.blog;

import java.util.Comparator;

public class TeacherComparator implements Comparator<Teacher> {

    @Override
    public int compare(Teacher o1, Teacher o2) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        return  (o1.getAge()-o2.getAge());
    }

}

继承Comparator接口 进行测试

    public void TestComparator(){
        List<Teacher> list=new ArrayList<Teacher>();
        Teacher teacher1=new Teacher(1,10,"名字1");
        Teacher teacher2=new Teacher(1,4,"名字2");
        Teacher teacher3=new Teacher(1,2,"名字3");
        Teacher teacher4=new Teacher(1,20,"名字4");
        Teacher teacher5=new Teacher(1,15,"名字5");
        list.add(teacher1);
        list.add(teacher2);
        list.add(teacher3);
        list.add(teacher4);
        list.add(teacher5);
        Collections.sort(list,new TeacherComparator());
        for (Teacher teacher : list) {
            System.out.println("teacher的年龄："+teacher.getAge()+"  teacher的姓名："+teacher.getName());
        }
    }

总结

【1】继承Comparable 覆写compareTo 方法; 继承Comparator覆写compare 方法;
【2】Comparable 表明对象之间可以比较,Comparator可以看成一种算法的实现，将算法和数据分离
【3】Comparator使用环境
(1)类的设计师没有考虑到比较问题而没有实现Comparable，可以通过Comparator来实现排序而不必改变对象本身
(2)可以使用多种排序标准，比如升序、降序等