Below is my Student class
class Student implements Comparable {
String name;
int rollNo;
@Override
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
return ((Student)obj).name.compareTo(this.name);
}
}
latest modification: but still no getting the right result
@Override
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
Student s = (Student) obj;
if (name.equals(s.name)) { // achieving uniqueness
return 0;
} else {
if (rollNo < s.rollNo) {
return -1;
} else if (rollNo > s.rollNo) {
return 1;
} else {
// this makes `name` the second ordering option.
// names don't equal here
return name.compareTo(s.name);
}
}
}
If I create object of TreeSet<Student>, I am getting sorted list of Student objects based on unique name & ordered by name also.
But I need unique student-name in my TreeSet<Student> with order by student-rollNo.
Is it possible with Comparator? Can anybody help me, Every suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.
UPDATE: here is the complete program:
public class Student implements Comparable {
int rollNo;
String name;
Student(String n,int rno) {
rollNo=rno;
name=n;
}
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
TreeSet<Student> ts = new TreeSet<Student>();
ts.add(new Student("bbb",2));
ts.add(new Student("aaa",4));
ts.add(new Student("bbb",2));
ts.add(new Student("ccc",3));
ts.add(new Student("aaa",1));
ts.add(new Student("bbb",2));
ts.add(new Student("bbb",5));
System.out.println(ts);
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
Student s = (Student) obj;
if (name.equals(s.name)) { // achieving uniqueness
return 0;
} else {
if (rollNo < s.rollNo) {
return -1;
} else if (rollNo > s.rollNo) {
return 1;
} else {
// this makes `name` the second ordering option.
// names don't equal here
return name.compareTo(s.name);
}
}
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return name + rollNo;
}
}
Update:2: Thank you all for your suggestions, I still need some more :)
/*
* Actual scenario is having different properties,
* So here I am just relating my actual scenario with Student class
*/
class Student implements Comparable {
// sorting required on rollNo
int rollNo;
// Unique name is required
String name;
Student(String n, int rno) {
rollNo = rno;
name = n;
}
/**
*
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
TreeSet<Student> tsName = new TreeSet<Student>();
// here by default, order & uniqueness by name only
tsName.add(new Student("ccc", 2));
tsName.add(new Student("aaa", 4));
tsName.add(new Student("ddd", 1));
tsName.add(new Student("bbb", 3));
tsName.add(new Student("ddd", 5));
// output: aaa:4, bbb:3, ccc:2, ddd:1
System.out.println(tsName);
// creating new comparator for student RollNo
TreeSet<Student> tsRollNo = new TreeSet<Student>(new Comparator<Student>() {
public int compare(Student stud1, Student stud2) {
return new Integer(stud1.rollNo).compareTo(stud2.rollNo);
}
});
tsRollNo.addAll(tsName);
System.out.println(tsRollNo);
// now got the desire output: ddd:1, ccc:2, bbb:3, aaa:4
}
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
// internally not used to check equality while adding objects
// in TreeSet
System.out.println("equals() for " + this + " & " + ((Student) obj));
return false;// return false/true doesn't make any sense here
}
@Override
public int compareTo(Object obj) {
Student s = (Student) obj;
// internally inside TreeSet, compareTo is used to decide
// whether two objects are equal or not,
// i.e. compareTo will return 0 for same object(here student name)
System.out.println("compareTo() for " + this + " & " + ((Student) obj));
// achieving uniqueness
return name.compareTo(s.name);
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return name + ":" + rollNo;
}
}
OUTPUT:
compareTo() for aaa:4 & ccc:2
compareTo() for ddd:1 & ccc:2
compareTo() for bbb:3 & ccc:2
compareTo() for bbb:3 & aaa:4
compareTo() for ddd:5 & ccc:2
compareTo() for ddd:5 & ddd:1
[aaa:4, bbb:3, ccc:2, ddd:1]
[ddd:1, ccc:2, bbb:3, aaa:4]
Friends, whatever I got by using two Comparators, Is it possible to
achieve the same while adding the objects ??
I cannot first Add elements & then use new comparator to achieve the desired order.
I am manipulating thousands of values so need to consider performance also.
in TreeSet
It will use comparator while adding elements for sorting and unique check,
now the problem is if you use comparator for roll no you will have it sorted by roll no and unique roll nos too. you can't have both together in treeset.
I would suggest you to go for.
TreeSet
here you concentrate about duplicate removalArrayList
and sort it in any order you want