Java类为什么要实现可比性？ [英] Why should a Java class implement comparable?

问题描述

为什么使用Java Comparable ？为什么有人会在类中实现 Comparable ？你需要实现类比的现实生活中的例子是什么？

Why is Java Comparable used? Why would someone implement Comparable in a class? What is a real life example where you need to implement comparable?

推荐答案

这是一个现实生活中的样本。请注意， String 还实现可比较。

Here is a real life sample. Note that String also implements Comparable.

class Author implements Comparable<Author>{
    String firstName;
    String lastName;

    @Override
    public int compareTo(Author other){
        // compareTo should return < 0 if this is supposed to be
        // less than other, > 0 if this is supposed to be greater than 
        // other and 0 if they are supposed to be equal
        int last = this.lastName.compareTo(other.lastName);
        return last == 0 ? this.firstName.compareTo(other.firstName) : last;
    }
}

稍后..

/**
 * List the authors. Sort them by name so it will look good.
 */
public List<Author> listAuthors(){
    List<Author> authors = readAuthorsFromFileOrSomething();
    Collections.sort(authors);
    return authors;
}

/**
 * List unique authors. Sort them by name so it will look good.
 */
public SortedSet<Author> listUniqueAuthors(){
    List<Author> authors = readAuthorsFromFileOrSomething();
    return new TreeSet<Author>(authors);
}

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