Comparable 和 Comparator 的差別
轉錄自：
http://www.programcreek.com/2011/12/examples-to-demonstrate-comparable-vs-comparator-in-java/
1. Comparable
Comparable is implemented by a class in order to be able to comparing object of itself with some other objects. The class itself must implement the interface in order to be able to compare its instance(s). The method required for implementation is compareTo().
簡單來說，就是可以有比較的性質。但是你如果要有多種的比較方式可能就要使用comparator
class HDTV implements Comparable<HDTV> {
private int size;
private String brand;
public HDTV(int size, String brand) {
this.size = size;
this.brand = brand;
}
public int getSize() {
return size;
}
public void setSize(int size) {
this.size = size;
}
public String getBrand() {
return brand;
}
public void setBrand(String brand) {
this.brand = brand;
}
@Override
public int compareTo(HDTV tv) {
if (this.getSize() > tv.getSize())
return 1;
else if (this.getSize() < tv.getSize())
return -1;
else
return 0;
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HDTV tv1 = new HDTV(55, "Samsung");
HDTV tv2 = new HDTV(60, "Sony");
if (tv1.compareTo(tv2) > 0) {
System.out.println(tv1.getBrand() + " is better.");
} else {
System.out.println(tv2.getBrand() + " is better.");
}
}
}
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Sony is better.
2. Comparator
Comparator is capable if comparing objects based on different attributes. e.g. 2 men can be compared based on `name` or `age` etc. (this can not be done using comparable. )
你可以使用object中不同的特性做比較，像是人的`name` or `age`
The method required to implement is compare(). Now let’s use another way to compare those TV by size. The common use of Comparator is sorting. Both Collections and Arrays classes provide a sort method which use a Comparator.
在實作中，你需要有一個compare()的function，讓你的comparator有比較的準則。一個class可以有多種的比較方式，要個別實作compare()的部份的部份。
通常Comparator會被用在做sort 。
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
class HDTV {
private int size;
private String brand;
public HDTV(int size, String brand) {
this.size = size;
this.brand = brand;
}
public int getSize() {
return size;
}
public void setSize(int size) {
this.size = size;
}
public String getBrand() {
return brand;
}
public void setBrand(String brand) {
this.brand = brand;
}
}
class SizeComparator implements Comparator<HDTV> {
@Override
public int compare(HDTV tv1, HDTV tv2) {
int tv1Size = tv1.getSize();
int tv2Size = tv2.getSize();
if (tv1Size > tv2Size) {
return 1;
} else if (tv1Size < tv2Size) {
return -1;
} else {
return 0;
}
}
}
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HDTV tv1 = new HDTV(55, "Samsung");
HDTV tv2 = new HDTV(60, "Sony");
HDTV tv3 = new HDTV(42, "Panasonic");
ArrayList<HDTV> al = new ArrayList<HDTV>();
al.add(tv1);
al.add(tv2);
al.add(tv3);
Collections.sort(al, new SizeComparator());
for (HDTV a : al) {
System.out.println(a.getBrand());
}
}
}
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Output:
Panasonic
Samsung
Sony
