Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited. * * This file is part of Alfresco * * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; import java.util.LinkedHashMap; import java.util.LinkedList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Map.Entry; public class Main { /** * Creates a new sorted map, based on the values from the given map and Comparator. * * @param map the map which needs to be sorted * @param valueComparator the Comparator * @return a new sorted map */ public static <K, V> Map<K, V> sortMapByValue(Map<K, V> map, Comparator<Entry<K, V>> valueComparator) { if (map == null) { return Collections.emptyMap(); } List<Entry<K, V>> entriesList = new LinkedList<>(map.entrySet()); // Sort based on the map's values Collections.sort(entriesList, valueComparator); Map<K, V> orderedMap = new LinkedHashMap<>(entriesList.size()); for (Entry<K, V> entry : entriesList) { orderedMap.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()); } return orderedMap; } }