Comparable
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Comparator
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1) Comparable provides single sorting sequence.
In other words, we can sort the collection on the basis of single element such as id or name or price etc.
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Comparator provides multiple sorting sequence.
In other words, we can sort the collection on the basis of multiple elements such as id, name and price etc.
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2) Comparable affects the original class i.e., actual class is modified.
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Comparator doesn't affect the original class i.e. actual class is not modified.
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3) Comparable provides compareTo() method to sort elements.
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Comparator provides compare() method to sort elements.
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4) Comparable is found in java.lang package.
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Comparator is found in java.util package.
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5) We can sort the list elements of Comparable type by Collections.sort(List) method.
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We can sort the list elements of Comparator type by Collections.sort(List,Comparator) method.
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Wednesday, 9 September 2015
java- differences between Comparable and Comparator
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