从Java 8开始，我们不需要直接使用Collections.sort()。List接口有一个默认的sort()方法:

List<User> users = Arrays.asList(user1,user2,user3);
users.sort( (u1, u2) -> { 
return u1.getFirstName.compareTo(u2.getFirstName());}); 

见http://visvv.blogspot.in/2016/01/sorting -对象- - java 8.中的html。

您可以在2016年德国斯图加特的Java论坛上看一看这个演讲。

只有少数幻灯片使用德语，99%的内容是“基于英语”的Java源代码;就像

someCollection.sort(
  OurCustomComparator
    .comparing(Person::getName)
    .thenComparing(Person::getId)
);

其中OurCustomComparator使用默认方法(和其他有趣的想法)。如图所示，导致非常简洁的代码，以选择一些getter方法进行排序;以及超级简单的排序标准链接(或反转)。

如果你对java8感兴趣，你可以在那里找到很多材料来开始学习。

我发现这些答案大部分(如果不是全部的话)依赖于底层类(Object)来实现类似的接口或具有类似的helper接口。

没有我的解决方案!下面的代码允许您通过知道对象的字符串名称来比较对象的字段。您可以很容易地修改它，不使用名称，但随后需要公开它或构造一个想要进行比较的对象。

Collections.sort(anArrayListOfSomeObjectPerhapsUsersOrSomething, new ReflectiveComparator(). new ListComparator("name"));

public class ReflectiveComparator {
    public class FieldComparator implements Comparator<Object> {
        private String fieldName;

        public FieldComparator(String fieldName){
            this.fieldName = fieldName;
        }

        @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
        @Override
        public int compare(Object object1, Object object2) {
            try {
                Field field = object1.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
                field.setAccessible(true);

                Comparable object1FieldValue = (Comparable) field.get(object1);
                Comparable object2FieldValue = (Comparable) field.get(object2);

                return object1FieldValue.compareTo(object2FieldValue);
            }catch (Exception e){}

            return 0;
        }
    }

    public class ListComparator implements Comparator<Object> {
        private String fieldName;

        public ListComparator(String fieldName) {
            this.fieldName = fieldName;
        }

        @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
        @Override
        public int compare(Object object1, Object object2) {
            try {
                Field field = object1.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
                field.setAccessible(true);
                Comparable o1FieldValue = (Comparable) field.get(object1);
                Comparable o2FieldValue = (Comparable) field.get(object2);

                if (o1FieldValue == null){ return -1;}
                if (o2FieldValue == null){ return 1;}
                return o1FieldValue.compareTo(o2FieldValue);
            } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Field doesn't exist", e);
            } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Field inaccessible", e);
            }
        }
    }
}

具有自然排序顺序的类(例如类Number)应该实现Comparable接口，而没有自然排序顺序的类(例如类Chair)应该提供Comparator(或匿名Comparator类)。

两个例子:

public class Number implements Comparable<Number> {
    private int value;

    public Number(int value) { this.value = value; }
    public int compareTo(Number anotherInstance) {
        return this.value - anotherInstance.value;
    }
}

public class Chair {
    private int weight;
    private int height;

    public Chair(int weight, int height) {
        this.weight = weight;
        this.height = height;
    }
    /* Omitting getters and setters */
}
class ChairWeightComparator implements Comparator<Chair> {
    public int compare(Chair chair1, Chair chair2) {
        return chair1.getWeight() - chair2.getWeight();
    }
}
class ChairHeightComparator implements Comparator<Chair> {
    public int compare(Chair chair1, Chair chair2) {
        return chair1.getHeight() - chair2.getHeight();
    }
}

用法:

List<Number> numbers = new ArrayList<Number>();
...
Collections.sort(numbers);

List<Chair> chairs = new ArrayList<Chair>();
// Sort by weight:
Collections.sort(chairs, new ChairWeightComparator());
// Sort by height:
Collections.sort(chairs, new ChairHeightComparator());

// You can also create anonymous comparators;
// Sort by color:
Collections.sort(chairs, new Comparator<Chair>() {
    public int compare(Chair chair1, Chair chair2) {
        ...
    }
});

我更喜欢这个过程:

public class SortUtil
{    
    public static <T> List<T> sort(List<T> list, String sortByProperty)
    {
            Collections.sort(list, new BeanComparator(sortByProperty));
            return list;
    }
}

List<T> sortedList = SortUtil<T>.sort(unsortedList, "startDate");

如果你的对象列表有一个名为startDate的属性，你可以反复使用这个属性。你甚至可以链接它们startDate.time。

这要求你的对象是Comparable的，这意味着你需要一个compareTo, equals和hashCode实现。

是的，可以更快……但是现在你不必为每一种类型的排序创建一个新的Comparator。如果您可以节省开发时间并放弃运行时，您可能会选择这个。

JAVA 8最简单的方法是英文字母排序

类的实现

public class NewspaperClass implements Comparable<NewspaperClass>{
   public String name;

   @Override
   public int compareTo(NewspaperClass another) {
      return name.compareTo(another.name);
   }
}

Sort

  Collections.sort(Your List);

如果你想为包含非英语字符的字母排序，你可以使用Locale…下面代码使用土耳其字符排序…

类的实现

public class NewspaperClass implements Comparator<NewspaperClass> {
   public String name;
   public Boolean isUserNewspaper=false;
   private Collator trCollator = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("tr_TR"));



   @Override
   public int compare(NewspaperClass lhs, NewspaperClass rhs) {
      trCollator.setStrength(Collator.PRIMARY);
      return trCollator.compare(lhs.name,rhs.name);
   }
}

Sort

Collections.sort(your array list,new NewspaperClass());