I am relatively new to Java, and often find that I need to sort a Map<Key, Value> on the values. Since the values are not unique, I find myself converting the keySet into an array, and sorting that array through array sort with a custom comparator that sorts on the value associated with the key. Is there an easier way?
How to sort a Map<Key, Value> on the values in Java?
Ask by Anonymous User
Updated 14 May 2015
static Map sortByValue(Map map) {List list = new LinkedList(map.entrySet());
Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() {
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
return ((Comparable) ((Map.Entry) (o1)).getValue())
.compareTo(((Map.Entry) (o2)).getValue());
}
});
Map result = new LinkedHashMap();
for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)it.next();
result.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}
return result;
}