比较和可比较

时间:2014-04-27 07:55:19

标签: java interface compare comparator

我查看了有关比较器和类似工具如何工作的教程,但我对以下内容感到困惑:ComparatorMain类调用

  Collections.sort(listOfCountries,new Comparator<Country>() {

                    @Override
                    public int compare(Country o1, Country o2) {
                        return o1.getCountryName().compareTo(o2.getCountryName());
                    }
                });

但compareTo()方法的逻辑似乎是通过countryId进行比较,而不是countryName:

    package org.arpit.javapostsforlearning;
//If this.cuntryId < country.countryId:then compare method will return -1
//If this.countryId > country.countryId:then compare method will return 1
//If this.countryId==country.countryId:then compare method will return 0
public class Country implements Comparable{
    int countryId;
    String countryName;

    public Country(int countryId, String countryName) {
        super();
        this.countryId = countryId;
        this.countryName = countryName;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Object arg0) {
        Country country=(Country) arg0;
        return (this.countryId < country.countryId ) ? -1: (this.countryId > country.countryId ) ? 1:0 ;
    }

    public int getCountryId() {
        return countryId;
    }

    public void setCountryId(int countryId) {
        this.countryId = countryId;
    }

    public String getCountryName() {
        return countryName;
    }

    public void setCountryName(String countryName) {
        this.countryName = countryName;
    }

}

那怎么可能有用呢?

以下是整个ComparatorMain类:

package org.arpit.javapostsforlearning;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class ComparatorMain {

    /**
     * @author Arpit Mandliya
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
         Country indiaCountry=new Country(1, 'India');
         Country chinaCountry=new Country(4, 'China');
         Country nepalCountry=new Country(3, 'Nepal');
         Country bhutanCountry=new Country(2, 'Bhutan');

            List<Country> listOfCountries = new ArrayList<Country>();
            listOfCountries.add(indiaCountry);
            listOfCountries.add(chinaCountry);
            listOfCountries.add(nepalCountry);
            listOfCountries.add(bhutanCountry);

            System.out.println('Before Sort by id : ');
            for (int i = 0; i < listOfCountries.size(); i++) {
                Country country=(Country) listOfCountries.get(i);
                System.out.println('Country Id: '+country.getCountryId()+'||'+'Country name: '+country.getCountryName());
            }
            Collections.sort(listOfCountries,new CountrySortByIdComparator());

            System.out.println('After Sort by id: ');
            for (int i = 0; i < listOfCountries.size(); i++) {
                Country country=(Country) listOfCountries.get(i);
                System.out.println('Country Id: '+country.getCountryId()+'|| '+'Country name: '+country.getCountryName());
            }

            //Sort by countryName
            Collections.sort(listOfCountries,new Comparator<Country>() {

                @Override
                public int compare(Country o1, Country o2) {
                    return o1.getCountryName().compareTo(o2.getCountryName());
                }
            });

            System.out.println('After Sort by name: ');
            for (int i = 0; i < listOfCountries.size(); i++) {
                Country country=(Country) listOfCountries.get(i);
                System.out.println('Country Id: '+country.getCountryId()+'|| '+'Country name: '+country.getCountryName());
            }
    }

}

教程: http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/03/difference-between-comparator-and-comparable-in-java.html

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

如果您使用

Collections.sort(countries);

然后将使用它们的自然顺序对国家进行排序,即按compareTo()方法定义的排序。因此,它们将按ID排序。如果集合包含Comparable对象的实例,则只能以这种方式对集合进行排序。

如果您使用

Collections.sort(countries, someComparator);

然后将使用作为参数传递的比较器(someComparator)定义的排序对国家进行排序。在您的情况下,由于比较器按名称比较国家/地区,因此将按名称对其进行排序。您可以通过这种方式对任何类型的对象进行排序。

因此,简而言之,通过比较器允许按照与类本身定义的顺序不同的顺序对事物进行排序。