Comparator Interface

• Comparator interface is used to define our own sorting(customized sorting).
• It is present in java.util package.
• It defines two methods, such as compare() and equals().

here the compare() method having 3 cases, like:
Returns -ve if ob1 have to come before ob2.
Returns +ve, if ob1 have to come after ob2.
Returns 0, if ob1 and ob2 are equal.

• Whenever we are implementing Comparator interface, compulsory we should provide implementation for compare() method.
• Implementing equals() method is optional, because it is already available in every java class from Object class through inheritance.

ComparatorDemo.java
package java8s;
import java.util.*;
class ComparatorDemo {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
           
            TreeSet t=new TreeSet(new MyComparator());
            t.add(90);
            t.add(20);
            t.add(0);
            t.add(50);
            System.out.println(t);
      }
}

class MyComparator implements Comparator
{
      public int compare(Object ob1, Object ob2)
      {
            Integer i1=(Integer)ob1;
            Integer i2=(Integer)ob2;
           
            if(i1<i2)
            {
                  return +1;
            }
            else
                  if(i1>i2)
                  {
                        return -1;
                  }
                  else
                  {
                        return 0;
                  }
      }
}

Output