How to Sort LinkedHashSet Elements using Comparable Interface in Java?

Sort LinkedHashMap by Keys using Comparable Interface in Java

Last Updated : 04 Oct, 2021

The LinkedHashMap is just like HashMap with an additional feature of maintaining an order of elements inserted into it. HashMap never maintained the track and order of insertion which the LinkedHashMap provides where the elements can be accessed in their insertion order.

To sort LinkedHashMap by keys using the comparable interface in Java first, we create a class that implements the comparable interface. In this class, we override the compareTo() method.

// Student class implements comparable interface

class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
    String name;

    Student(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    // Override toString method
    public String toString() {
        return this.name;
    }

    // Override compareTo method
    public int compareTo(Student stu) {
        return this.name.compareTo(stu.name);
    }
}

And then we pass the LinkedHashMap to TreeMap constructor to sort.

TreeMap<Student, Integer> tree_map = new TreeMap<>(map);

Below is the full implementation of the approach:

Example 1

Java

// Java program demonstrate how to Sort LinkedHashMap by
// keys using Comparable interface
import java.util.*;

// Student class implements comparable interface
class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
    String name;

    Student(String name) { this.name = name; }

    // override toString method
    public String toString() { return this.name; }

    // Override compareTo method to sort LinkedHashMap keys
    // in ascending order
    public int compareTo(Student stu)
    {
        return this.name.compareTo(stu.name);
    }
}

class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // New LinkedHashMap
        LinkedHashMap<Student, Integer> map
            = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        // Adding elements to the map
        map.put(new Student("Bina"), 200);
        map.put(new Student("Akshay"), 400);
        map.put(new Student("Chintu"), 500);

        // Print Before sort
        System.out.println(
            "Before sort keys in ascending order : " + map);

        // TreeMap to sort LinkedHashMap using comparable
        TreeMap<Student, Integer> tree_map
            = new TreeMap<>(map);

        // Print after sorting
        System.out.println(
            "After sort keys in ascending order : "
            + tree_map);
    }
}

Output

Before sort keys in ascending order : {Bina=200, Akshay=400, Chintu=500}
After sort keys in ascending order : {Akshay=400, Bina=200, Chintu=500}

Example 2

Java

// Java program demonstrate how to Sort LinkedHashMap by
// keys using Comparable interface
import java.util.*;

// Student class implements comparable interface
class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
    String name;

    Student(String name) { this.name = name; }

    // override toString method
    public String toString() { return this.name; }

    // Override compareTo method to sort LinkedHashMap keys
    // in descending order
    public int compareTo(Student stu)
    {
        return stu.name.compareTo(this.name);
    }
}

class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // New LinkedHashMap
        LinkedHashMap<Student, Integer> map
            = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        // Adding elements to the map
        map.put(new Student("Bina"), 200);
        map.put(new Student("Akshay"), 400);
        map.put(new Student("Chintu"), 500);

        // Print Before sort
        System.out.println(
            "Before sort keys in descending order : " + map);

        // TreeMap to sort LinkedHashMap using comparable
        TreeMap<Student, Integer> tree_map
            = new TreeMap<>(map);

        // Print after sorting
        System.out.println(
            "After sort keys in descending order : "
            + tree_map);
    }
}

Output

Before sort keys in descending order : {Bina=200, Akshay=400, Chintu=500}
After sort keys in descending order : {Chintu=500, Bina=200, Akshay=400}

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