Java Collection Sort sortEntities(Collection entities, Comparator comparator)

Description

Sorts elements provided in entities.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
entities	elements to be sorted

Return

sorted list.

Declaration

@SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
public static <T> List<T> sortEntities(Collection<T> entities, Comparator comparator) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w w .  ja  va  2s .  c  om*/
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import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;

import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Sorts elements provided in <code>entities</code>. For comparison
     * {@link ExtendedHierarchicalEntityComparator} is used.
     * 
     * @param entities
     *          elements to be sorted
     * @return sorted list.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
    public static <T> List<T> sortEntities(Collection<T> entities, Comparator comparator) {
        List<T> entityList = new ArrayList<T>(entities);
        Collections.sort((List) entityList, comparator);
        return entityList;
    }
}

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