Best Example For Comparable Interface
import java.util.*;
public class DateAndName implements Comparable {
private String date;
private String name;
public DateAndName(String date, String name) {
this.date = date;
this.name = name;
}
public String getDate() {
return date;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
if (! (obj instanceof DateAndName)) {
throw new ClassCastException(
"compared object must be instance of DateAndName");
}
return this.getDate().compareTo(((DateAndName) obj).getDate());
}
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
sb.append(getDate());
sb.append("\t");
sb.append(getName());
return sb.toString();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
list.add(new DateAndName("03-29-2003", "Harry Potter"));
list.add(new DateAndName("02-19-2003", "Bilbo Baggins"));
list.add(new DateAndName("03-07-2003", "Luke Skywalker"));
System.out.println("Unsorted:");
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
System.out.println(list.get(i).toString());
}
Collections.sort(list);
System.out.println("");
System.out.println("Sorted:");
for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
System.out.println(list.get(i).toString());
}
}
}
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