Sorting using Comparator- Descending order (User defined classes) [closed]

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You can do the descending sort of a user-defined class this way overriding the compare() method,

Collections.sort(unsortedList,new Comparator<Person>() {
    @Override
    public int compare(Person a, Person b) {
        return b.getName().compareTo(a.getName());
    }
});

Or by using Collection.reverse() to sort descending as user Prince mentioned in his comment.

And you can do the ascending sort like this,

Collections.sort(unsortedList,new Comparator<Person>() {
    @Override
    public int compare(Person a, Person b) {
        return a.getName().compareTo(b.getName());
    }
});

Replace the above code with a Lambda expression(Java 8 onwards) we get concise:

Collections.sort(personList, (Person a, Person b) -> b.getName().compareTo(a.getName()));

As of Java 8, List has sort() method which takes Comparator as parameter(more concise) :

personList.sort((a,b)->b.getName().compareTo(a.getName()));

Here a and b are inferred as Person type by lambda expression.

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