Comparable接口的使用

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

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Student{" +
                "usenname='" + usenname + '\'' +
                ", age=" + age +
                '}';
    }

    public void setUsenname(String usenname) {
        this.usenname = usenname;
    }

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

    public String getUsenname() {
        return usenname;
    }

    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Student o) {
        return this.getAge()-o.getAge();
    }
}

public class TestComparable {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Student s1 = new Student();
        s1.setUsenname("张雪");
        s1.setAge(27);
        Student s2 = new Student();
        s2.setUsenname("杨振旭");
        s2.setAge(25);

        Comparable max = getMax(s1, s2);
        System.out.println(max);

    }

    public static Comparable getMax(Comparable c1, Comparable c2) {
        int result = c1.compareTo(c2);
        return result >= 0 ? c1 : c2;
    }
}

把Comparable接口源码粘贴过来看一下
里边只有一个方法，
public int compareTo(T o);
所以实现此接口的类必须重写该方法。

public interface Comparable<T> {
    /**
     * Compares this object with the specified object for order.  Returns a
     * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
     * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
     *
     * <p>The implementor must ensure <tt>sgn(x.compareTo(y)) ==
     * -sgn(y.compareTo(x))</tt> for all <tt>x</tt> and <tt>y</tt>.  (This
     * implies that <tt>x.compareTo(y)</tt> must throw an exception iff
     * <tt>y.compareTo(x)</tt> throws an exception.)
     *
     * <p>The implementor must also ensure that the relation is transitive:
     * <tt>(x.compareTo(y)&gt;0 &amp;&amp; y.compareTo(z)&gt;0)</tt> implies
     * <tt>x.compareTo(z)&gt;0</tt>.
     *
     * <p>Finally, the implementor must ensure that <tt>x.compareTo(y)==0</tt>
     * implies that <tt>sgn(x.compareTo(z)) == sgn(y.compareTo(z))</tt>, for
     * all <tt>z</tt>.
     *
     * <p>It is strongly recommended, but <i>not</i> strictly required that
     * <tt>(x.compareTo(y)==0) == (x.equals(y))</tt>.  Generally speaking, any
     * class that implements the <tt>Comparable</tt> interface and violates
     * this condition should clearly indicate this fact.  The recommended
     * language is "Note: this class has a natural ordering that is
     * inconsistent with equals."
     *
     * <p>In the foregoing description, the notation
     * <tt>sgn(</tt><i>expression</i><tt>)</tt> designates the mathematical
     * <i>signum</i> function, which is defined to return one of <tt>-1</tt>,
     * <tt>0</tt>, or <tt>1</tt> according to whether the value of
     * <i>expression</i> is negative, zero or positive.
     *
     * @param   o the object to be compared.
     * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object
     *          is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException if the specified object is null
     * @throws ClassCastException if the specified object's type prevents it
     *         from being compared to this object.
     */
    public int compareTo(T o);