comparable 用于实现comparable类的对象,而comparator用于比较没有实现compable的对象。
comparable 实现int compareTo(T o)方法。抛出
-
NullPointerException
- if the specified object is null -
ClassCastException
- if the specified object's type prevents it from being compared to this object
.与Comparator的区别
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mport java.util.*;
public class TestComparable {
public static void main (String[] args){
Student[] std = new Student[3];
std[0] = new Student("zhang",12323);
std[1] = new Student("song",23423);
std[2] = new Student("meng",3847);
Arrays.sort(std);
for(int i = 0;i<std.length;i++){
System.out.println(std[i].getId());
}
}
}
class Student implements Comparable<Student>{
private int id ;
private String name;
Student(String m,int p){
id = p;
name = m;
}
public int compareTo(Student o){
if(id<o.id)return -1;
else if(id >o.id)return 1;
else return 0;
}
public int getId(){
return id;
}
}
Comparator位于包java.util下,而Comparable位于包java.lang下,Comparable接口将比较代码嵌入自身类中,而后者在一个独立的类中实现比较。 如果类的设计师没有考虑到Compare的问题而没有实现Comparable接口,可以通过 Comparator来实现比较算法进行排序,并且为了使用不同的排序标准做准备,比如:升序、降序。
我们看一个Comparator的例子:
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.Comparator;
class NumComparator implements Comparator<NameTag> {
public int compare (NameTag left,NameTag right) {
return(left.getNumber() - right.getNumber());
}
}
public class CollectionNine {
public static void main(String arg[]) {
new CollectionNine();
}
CollectionNine() {
NumComparator comparator = new NumComparator();
TreeSet<NameTag> set = new TreeSet<NameTag>(comparator);
set.add(new NameTag("Agamemnon",300));
set.add(new NameTag("Cato",400));
set.add(new NameTag("Plato",100));
set.add(new NameTag("Zeno",200));
set.add(new NameTag("Archimedes",500));
for(NameTag tag : set)
System.out.println(tag);
}
}