Java Comparable create generic sort method
public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // Create an Integer array Integer[] intArray = {2, 4,3}; // Create a Double array Double[] doubleArray = {3.4, 1.3,-2.1}; // Create a Character array Character[] charArray = {'a','J', 'r'}; // Create a String array String[] stringArray = {"Java", "CSS", "Javascript"}; // Sort the arrays sort(intArray);//from w w w .ja v a 2s .c o m sort(doubleArray); sort(charArray); sort(stringArray); // Display the sorted arrays System.out.print("Sorted Integer objects: "); printList(intArray); System.out.print("Sorted Double objects: "); printList(doubleArray); System.out.print("Sorted Character objects: "); printList(charArray); System.out.print("Sorted String objects: "); printList(stringArray); } /** Sort an array of comparable objects */ public static void sort(Comparable[] list) { Comparable currentMin; int currentMinIndex; for (int i = 0; i < list.length - 1; i++) { // Find the maximum in the list[0..i] currentMin = list[i]; currentMinIndex = i; for (int j = i + 1; j < list.length; j++) { if (currentMin.compareTo(list[j]) > 0) { currentMin = list[j]; currentMinIndex = j; } } // Swap list[i] with list[currentMinIndex] if necessary; if (currentMinIndex != i) { list[currentMinIndex] = list[i]; list[i] = currentMin; } } } /** Print an array of objects */ public static void printList(Object[] list) { for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) System.out.print(list[i] + " "); System.out.println(); } }