Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2009 The Guava Authors * * 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.Entry; public class Main { public static <K, V> Comparator<Entry<K, V>> entryComparator(final Comparator<? super K> keyComparator) { return new Comparator<Entry<K, V>>() { @Override @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // no less safe than putting it in the map! public int compare(Entry<K, V> a, Entry<K, V> b) { return (keyComparator == null) ? ((Comparable) a.getKey()).compareTo(b.getKey()) : keyComparator.compare(a.getKey(), b.getKey()); } }; } }