在这里，我们可以定义用户定义的比较器:

以下代码:

 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator; 


 class Checker implements Comparator<String>
 {
    public int compare(String str1, String str2)
    {
        if (str1.length() < str2.length()) return -1;
        else                               return 1;
    }
 }


class Main
{  
   public static void main(String args[])
    {  
      PriorityQueue<String> queue=new PriorityQueue<String>(5, new Checker());  
      queue.add("india");  
      queue.add("bangladesh");  
      queue.add("pakistan");  
 
      while (queue.size() != 0)
      {
         System.out.printf("%s\n",queue.remove());
      }
   }  
}  

输出: 印度 巴基斯坦 孟加拉国

提供和添加方法的区别:链接

在这里，我们可以定义用户定义的比较器:

以下代码:

 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator; 


 class Checker implements Comparator<String>
 {
    public int compare(String str1, String str2)
    {
        if (str1.length() < str2.length()) return -1;
        else                               return 1;
    }
 }


class Main
{  
   public static void main(String args[])
    {  
      PriorityQueue<String> queue=new PriorityQueue<String>(5, new Checker());  
      queue.add("india");  
      queue.add("bangladesh");  
      queue.add("pakistan");  
 
      while (queue.size() != 0)
      {
         System.out.printf("%s\n",queue.remove());
      }
   }  
}  

输出: 印度 巴基斯坦 孟加拉国

提供和添加方法的区别:链接

作为使用Comparator的替代方法，您还可以让您在PriorityQueue中使用的类实现Comparable(并相应地重写compareTo方法)。

注意，如果排序是对象的直观排序，那么通常最好只使用Comparable而不是Comparator——例如，如果您有一个用例要按年龄对Person对象排序，那么可能最好只使用Comparator。

import java.lang.Comparable;
import java.util.PriorityQueue;

class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        PriorityQueue<MyClass> queue = new PriorityQueue<MyClass>();
        queue.add(new MyClass(2, "short"));
        queue.add(new MyClass(2, "very long indeed"));
        queue.add(new MyClass(1, "medium"));
        queue.add(new MyClass(1, "very long indeed"));
        queue.add(new MyClass(2, "medium"));
        queue.add(new MyClass(1, "short"));
        while (queue.size() != 0)
            System.out.println(queue.remove());
    }
}

class MyClass implements Comparable<MyClass>
{
    int sortFirst;
    String sortByLength;

    public MyClass(int sortFirst, String sortByLength)
    {
        this.sortFirst = sortFirst;
        this.sortByLength = sortByLength;
    }

    @Override
    public int compareTo(MyClass other)
    {
        if (sortFirst != other.sortFirst)
            return Integer.compare(sortFirst, other.sortFirst);
        else
            return Integer.compare(sortByLength.length(), other.sortByLength.length());
    }

    public String toString()
    {
        return sortFirst + ", " + sortByLength;
    }
}

输出:

1, short
1, medium
1, very long indeed
2, short
2, medium
2, very long indeed

给它一个比较器。在T的位置填入你想要的类型

Java 8+:

int initialCapacity = 10;
PriorityQueue<T> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(initialCapacity, (e1, e2) -> { return e1.compareTo(e2); });

经典的方法，使用匿名类:

int initialCapacity = 10;
PriorityQueue<T> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(initialCapacity, new Comparator<T> () {

    @Override
    public int compare(T e1, T e2) {
        return e1.compareTo(e2);
    }

});

要按相反的顺序排序，只需交换e1和e2。

下面是一个简单的例子，你可以用它来进行初步学习:

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.PriorityQueue;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.Random;

public class PQExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //PriorityQueue with Comparator
        Queue<Customer> cpq = new PriorityQueue<>(7, idComp);
        addToQueue(cpq);
        pollFromQueue(cpq);
    }

    public static Comparator<Customer> idComp = new Comparator<Customer>(){

        @Override
        public int compare(Customer o1, Customer o2) {
            return (int) (o1.getId() - o2.getId());
        }

    };

    //utility method to add random data to Queue
    private static void addToQueue(Queue<Customer> cq){
        Random rand = new Random();
        for(int i=0;i<7;i++){
            int id = rand.nextInt(100);
            cq.add(new Customer(id, "KV"+id));
        }
    }


    private static void pollFromQueue(Queue<Customer> cq){
        while(true){
            Customer c = cq.poll();
            if(c == null) break;
            System.out.println("Customer Polled : "+c.getId() + " "+ c.getName());
        }
    }

}

Priority Queue has some priority assigned to each element, The element with Highest priority appears at the Top Of Queue. Now, It depends on you how you want priority assigned to each of the elements. If you don't, the Java will do it the default way. The element with the least value is assigned the highest priority and thus is removed from the queue first. If there are several elements with the same highest priority, the tie is broken arbitrarily. You can also specify an ordering using Comparator in the constructor PriorityQueue(initialCapacity, comparator)

示例代码:

PriorityQueue<String> queue1 = new PriorityQueue<>();
queue1.offer("Oklahoma");
queue1.offer("Indiana");
queue1.offer("Georgia");
queue1.offer("Texas");
System.out.println("Priority queue using Comparable:");
while (queue1.size() > 0) {
    System.out.print(queue1.remove() + " ");
}
PriorityQueue<String> queue2 = new PriorityQueue(4, Collections.reverseOrder());
queue2.offer("Oklahoma");
queue2.offer("Indiana");
queue2.offer("Georgia");
queue2.offer("Texas");
System.out.println("\nPriority queue using Comparator:");
while (queue2.size() > 0) {
    System.out.print(queue2.remove() + " ");
}

输出:

Priority queue using Comparable:
Georgia Indiana Oklahoma Texas 
Priority queue using Comparator:
Texas Oklahoma Indiana Georgia 

除此之外，你还可以定义Custom Comparator:

import java.util.Comparator;

public class StringLengthComparator implements Comparator<String>
{
    @Override
    public int compare(String x, String y)
    {
        //Your Own Logic
    }
}