Java List sort via Stream
import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { List<String> lst = Arrays.asList("CSS", "", "HTML", "Java", "Javascript", "demo2s.com"); long count = lst.stream() .sorted((String s1, String s2) -> {return s2.compareTo(s1);}) .limit(3)/* w w w .jav a 2s . com*/ .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty()).count(); System.out.println(count); } }