Java tutorial
import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Map<String, String> unsortMap = new HashMap<String, String>(); unsortMap.put("1", "1"); unsortMap.put("2", "A"); unsortMap.put("3", "2"); Iterator iterator = unsortMap.entrySet().iterator(); for (Map.Entry entry : unsortMap.entrySet()) { System.out.println("Key : " + entry.getKey() + " Value : " + entry.getValue()); } Map<String, String> sortedMap = sortByComparator(unsortMap); for (Map.Entry entry : sortedMap.entrySet()) { System.out.println("Key : " + entry.getKey() + " Value : " + entry.getValue()); } } private static Map sortByComparator(Map unsortMap) { List list = new LinkedList(unsortMap.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 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; } }