Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; public class Main { /** * sort Map by key desc * * @param unsortMap * @return */ @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" }) public static Map sortByComparator(Map unsortMap) { List list = new LinkedList(unsortMap.entrySet()); // sort list based on comparator Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() { public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) { return ((Comparable) ((Map.Entry) (o1)).getKey()).compareTo(((Map.Entry) (o2)).getKey()); } }); // put sorted list into map again Map sortedMap = new LinkedHashMap(); for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) { Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next(); sortedMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()); } return sortedMap; } }