java的比较器有两类，分别是Comparable接口和Comparator接口。
在为对象数组进行排序时，比较器的作用非常明显，首先来讲解Comparable接口。
让需要进行排序的对象实现Comparable接口，重写其中的compareTo(T o)方法，在其中定义排序规则，那么就可以直接调用java.util.Arrays.sort()来排序对象数组，实例如下：
class Student implements Comparable<Student>{ private String name; private int age; private float score; public Student(String name, int age, float score) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.score = score; } public String toString() { return name+"\t\t"+age+"\t\t"+score; } @Override public int compareTo(Student o) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub if(this.score>o.score)//score是private的，为什么能够直接调用,这是因为在Student类内部 return -1;//由高到底排序 else if(this.score<o.score) return 1; else{ if(this.age>o.age) return 1;//由底到高排序 else if(this.age<o.age) return -1; else return 0; } } } public class ComparableDemo01 { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Student stu[]={new Student("zhangsan",20,90.0f), new Student("lisi",22,90.0f), new Student("wangwu",20,99.0f), new Student("sunliu",22,100.0f)}; java.util.Arrays.sort(stu); for(Student s:stu) { System.out.println(s); } } }
程序运行结果:
sunliu
22 100.0
wangwu 20 99.0
zhangsan
20 90.0
lisi 22 90.0
但是在设计类的时候，往往没有考虑到让类实现Comparable接口，那么我们就需要用到另外的一个比较器接口Comparator。
从上面的实例我们可以发现，compareTo(T o)只有一个参数，而Comparator接口中必须要实现的compare(T o1,T o2)就有两个参数。
package edu.sjtu.ist.comutil; import java.util.Comparator; class Student { private String name; private int age; private float score; public Student(String name, int age, float score) { this.name = name; this.age = age; this.score = score; } 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; } public float getScore() { return score; } public void setScore(float score) { this.score = score; } public String toString() { return name+"\t\t"+age+"\t\t"+score; } } class StudentComparator implements Comparator<Student>{ @Override public int compare(Student o1, Student o2) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub if(o1.getScore()>o2.getScore()) return -1; else if(o1.getScore()<o2.getScore()) return 1; else{ if(o1.getAge()>o2.getAge()) return 1; else if(o1.getAge()<o2.getAge()) return -1; else return 0; } } } public class ComparableDemo02 { /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub Student stu[]={new Student("zhangsan",20,90.0f), new Student("lisi",22,90.0f), new Student("wangwu",20,99.0f), new Student("sunliu",22,100.0f)}; java.util.Arrays.sort(stu,new StudentComparator()); for(Student s:stu) { System.out.println(s); } } }
上述程序的运行结果与代码实例1一样。