Sorting a collection of objects [duplicate]

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Collections.sort can be called with a custom comparator. And that comparator can be implemented to allow sorting in different sort orders. Here’s an example (for your Person model – with age as an Integer):

public class FlexiblePersonComparator implements Comparator<Person> {
  public enum Order {Name, Age, Country}

  private Order sortingBy = Name;

  @Override
  public int compare(Person person1, Person person2) {
    switch(sortingBy) {
      case Name: return person1.name.compareTo(person2.name);
      case Age: return person1.age.compareTo(person2.age);
      case Country: return person1.country.compareTo(person2.country);
    }
    throw new RuntimeException("Practically unreachable code, can't be thrown");
  }

  public void setSortingBy(Order sortBy) {
    this.sortingBy = sortingBy;
  }
}

And you use it like that (assuming persons is a field):

public void sortPersonsBy(FlexiblePersonComparator.Order sortingBy) {
  List<Person> persons = this.persons;  // useless line, just for clarification
  FlexiblePersonComparator comparator = new FlexiblePersonComparator();
  comparator.setSortingBy(sortingBy);
  Collections.sort(persons, comparator); // now we have a sorted list
}

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