public class Testing {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashMap map = new HashMap();
ValueComparator bvc = new ValueComparator(map);
TreeMap sorted_map = new TreeMap(bvc);
map.put("A",99.5);
map.put("B",67.4);
map.put("C",67.4);
map.put("D",67.3);
System.out.println("unsorted map: "+map);
sorted_map.putAll(map);
System.out.println("results: "+sorted_map);
}
}
class ValueComparator implements Comparator {
Map base;
public ValueComparator(Map base) {
this.base = base;
}
// Note: this comparator imposes orderings that are inconsistent with equals.
public int compare(String a, String b) {
if (base.get(a) >= base.get(b)) {
return -1;
} else {
return 1;
} // returning 0 would merge keys
}
}