Re: sorting in order of values
Shikha wrote:
I need to make a collection wherein i can have a key value pair and the
sorting happens in alphabetical order of values. also i want that after
the initial insert of values if i add or remove any value then the
collection should be sorted again in alphabetical order.
- i cant use arraylist because it doesnt have a key value pair.
- i cant use a hashmap because when i iterate the values i get them in
a random order whereas i want them in alphabetical order.
- TreeMap does the sorting in order of keys.
- LinkedHashMap does the sorting in order of insertion. so for the
initial insert it will be fine
but when i add and remove values it will not give me the alphabetical
order.
Try just putting the (key,value) pairs in an ordinary HashMap.
When you want to visit all the values (or all the pairs) in order
by value, use .values() to extract the values (or .entrySet() to
extract the pairs), sort them, and traverse the sorted data instead
of the original Map.
That might not be suitable for all situations, but works for
many. If it's not the right answer for your predicament, you'll
need to describe your purposes more fully.
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