Here you can find the source of sortByValue(Map map, Comparator aComp)
public static Map sortByValue(Map map, Comparator aComp)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . j a va2s.c om*/ * #%L * org.bml * %% * Copyright (C) 2006 - 2014 Brian M. Lima * %% * This file is part of ORG.BML. * * ORG.BML is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ORG.BML 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 ORG.BML. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. * #L% */ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Comparator; 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 sortByValue(Map map, Comparator aComp) { List list = new LinkedList(map.entrySet()); Collections.sort(list, aComp); 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; } }