There are many ways to sort a java object but it is very hard to figure out which one is more efficient. Here is an example which describes different ways of executing sorting mechanism for User object based on age.
Try to run this application in you local machine to see which method is more efficient and good to use in our regular programming life.
package com.malliktalksjava.java8;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
public class SortingExampleUser {
public static void main(String[] args) {
List<User> userList = new ArrayList<>();
userList.add(new User("Ram", 28));
userList.add(new User("Raj", 35));
userList.add(new User("Rakesh", 31));
userList.add(new User("Peter", 30));
userList.add(new User("John", 25));
userList.add(new User("Sri", 55));
long starttime = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("sortListUsingCollections : " + sortListUsingCollections(userList));
System.out.println("Time Taken in Millis : " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - starttime));
long starttime2 = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("sortListUsingCollections : " + sortListUsingStreams(userList));
System.out.println("Time Taken in Millis 2: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - starttime2));
long starttime3 = System.currentTimeMillis();
System.out.println("sortListUsingCollections : " + sortUsingLambda(userList));
System.out.println("Time Taken in Millis 2: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - starttime3));
}
//using Collections.sort
private static List<User> sortListUsingCollections(List<User> list){
Collections.sort(list, Comparator.comparingInt(User::getAge));
//Collections.reverse(list); // un comment if for descending order
return list;
}
//using streams and comparator
private static List<User> sortListUsingStreams(List<User> list){
return list.stream()
.sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(User::getAge))
//.sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(User::getAge).reversed()) //-- for reverse order uncomment this line and comment above line
.collect(toList());
}
//using lambda expressions
private static List<User> sortUsingLambda(List<User> list){
return list.stream()
.sorted((User user1, User user2) -> user1.getAge() > user2.getAge() ? 1: 0)
//.sorted((User user1, User user2) -> user1.getAge() < user2.getAge() ? 1: 0) - uncomment if reverse order needed
.collect(toList());
}
}
class User{
private String name;
private int age;
public User(String name, int age) {
this.name = name;
this.age = age;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public int getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(int age) {
this.age = age;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return "User{" +
"name='" + name + '\'' +
", age=" + age +
'}';
}
}
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