如果你可以使用Comparators,写出每种类型排序,你所需要的,例如,为提升书名和下降的页码。如果第一个参数大于第二个参数,则Comparator的compare方法必须返回正数,如果第一个参数较小,则返回负数,如果相等,则返回零。
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Arrays;
class Book{
String title;
int pageNumber;
public Book(String title, int pageNumber){
this.title = title;
this.pageNumber = pageNumber;
}
String getTitle(){ return title; }
int getPageNumber(){ return pageNumber; }
public String toString(){
return "(" + title + ", " + pageNumber + " pages)";
}
}
public class Library{
// These variables are static because you don't need multiple copies
// for sorting, as they have no intrinsic state.
static private Comparator ascTitle;
static private Comparator descPageNumber;
// We initialize static variables inside a static block.
static {
ascTitle = new Comparator(){
@Override
public int compare(Book b1, Book b2){
return b1.getTitle().compareTo(b2.getTitle());
}
};
descPageNumber = new Comparator(){
@Override
public int compare(Book b1, Book b2){
// Java 7 has an Integer#compare function
return Integer.compare(b1.getPageNumber(), b2.getPageNumber());
// For Java < 7, use
// Integer.valueOf(n1).compareTo(n2);
// DO NOT subtract numbers to make a comparison such as n2 - n1.
// This can cause a negative overflow if the difference is larger
// than Integer.MAX_VALUE (e.g., n1 = 2^31 and n2 = -2^31)
}
};
}
private Book[] books;
public Book[] getBooks(){ return books; }
public void sortAscTitle(){
Arrays.sort(books, ascTitle);
}
public void sortDescPageNumber(){
Arrays.sort(books, descPageNumber);
}
public Library(Book[] books){
this.books = books;
}
public static void main(String[] args){
Library library = new Library(new Book[]{
new Book("1984", 123),
new Book("I, Robot", 152),
new Book("Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", 267),
new Book("Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", 759),
new Book("The Bible", 1623)
});
library.sortAscTitle();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(library.getBooks()));
library.sortDescPageNumber();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(library.getBooks()));
}
}