How To Use Sort Method Of Collections In Java

Collections contains the sort(List<T>) method, which is used to sort the specified list into ascending order, according to the natural ordering of its element.

Declaration :

declaration of method - java.util.Collections.sort() method.

public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void sort(List<T> list) 
     
Parameters :

list - Ihis is the list to be sorted.

Example :

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package org.javaIsEasy.collectionPrograms;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;

public class SortListExample {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  ArrayList<String> programmingLanguageList=new ArrayList<String>();
  programmingLanguageList.add("PHP");
  programmingLanguageList.add(".NET");
  programmingLanguageList.add("C++");
  programmingLanguageList.add("JAVA");
  programmingLanguageList.add("PERL");
 
  System.out.println("Display List Before Sorting\n");
  Iterator<String> it=programmingLanguageList.iterator();
  while(it.hasNext())
  {
   System.out.println(it.next());
  }
  Collections.sort(programmingLanguageList);
 
  System.out.println("Display List After Sorting\n");
  Iterator<String> itSwapped=programmingLanguageList.iterator();
  while(itSwapped.hasNext())
  {
   System.out.println(itSwapped.next());
  }
 }
}

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OUTPUT :

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Display List Before Sorting

PHP
.NET
C++
JAVA
PERL
Display List After Sorting

.NET
C++
JAVA
PERL
PHP

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