I can use it to sort by emp id but I'm not sure if it is possible to compare strings. I get an error the operator is undefined for strings.
public int compareTo(Emp i) {
if (this.getName() == ((Emp ) i).getName())
return 0;
else if ((this.getName()) > ((Emp ) i).getName())
return 1;
else
return -1;
解决方案
What you need to use is the compareTo() method of Strings.
return this.getName().compareTo(i.getName());
That should do what you want.
Usually when implementing the Comparable interface, you will just aggregate the results of using other Comparable members of the class.
Below is a pretty typical implementation of a compareTo() method:
class Car implements Comparable {
int year;
String make, model;
public int compareTo(Car other) {
if (!this.make.equalsIgnoreCase(other.make))
return this.make.compareTo(other.make);
if (!this.model.equalsIgnoreCase(other.model))
return this.model.compareTo(other.model);
return this.year - other.year;
}
}