Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2012 Philip W. Sorst <philip@sorst.net> * and individual contributors as indicated * by the @authors tag. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Map; import java.util.SortedSet; import java.util.TreeSet; public class Main { public static <K, V extends Comparable<? super V>> SortedSet<Map.Entry<K, V>> entriesSortedByValues( Map<K, V> map) { SortedSet<Map.Entry<K, V>> sortedEntries = new TreeSet<Map.Entry<K, V>>(new Comparator<Map.Entry<K, V>>() { @Override public int compare(Map.Entry<K, V> e1, Map.Entry<K, V> e2) { int res = e1.getValue().compareTo(e2.getValue()); /* Preserve items with equal values */ return res != 0 ? res : 1; } }); sortedEntries.addAll(map.entrySet()); return sortedEntries; } }