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 Map<String, Integer> sortByValue(Map<String, Integer> map) { List list = new LinkedList(map.entrySet()); Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() { @Override public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) { return ((Comparable) ((Map.Entry) (o2)).getValue()).compareTo(((Map.Entry) (o1)).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; } public static void main(String[] args) { HashMap<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<String, Integer>(); map.put("item1", 1); map.put("item2", 2); map.put("item3", 1); map.put("item4", 7); map.put("item5", 3); map.put("item6", 4); for (Map.Entry<String, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) { System.out.println("Item is:" + entry.getKey() + " with value:" + entry.getValue()); } Map<String, Integer> sortedMap = sortByValue(map); for (Map.Entry<String, Integer> entry : sortedMap.entrySet()) { System.out.println("Item is:" + entry.getKey() + " with value:" + entry.getValue()); } } }