Jan 2 · 13 min read · Learning Objectives : Understanding broader architectural support in Java to facilitate custom object comparison/sorting Two Specific Interfaces in depth : Comparable<T> vs Comparator<T> Why Comparator is usually preferred ? Implementation examp...
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Dec 31, 2025 · 5 min read · Comparable : When we work with objects in Java, sometimes we want to sort them. For example : Sort employees by salary Sort students by marks Java does not know how to compare custom objects automatically.This is where Comparable comes in. What i...
Join discussionDec 5, 2025 · 4 min read · In the previous blog of this series, we learned how to store and organise data using flexible structures like Lists and Maps. We can now easily create a dynamic list of students or look them up instantly by their ID. But storing data is rarely enough...
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Jun 25, 2025 · 2 min read · Introduction Sorting in Java is easy when you're dealing with simple data types. But what happens when you want to sort a list of custom objects like Student, Employee, or Book? This is where Comparable and Comparator come in. In this article, you’ll...
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Jun 9, 2024 · 7 min read · Priority Queue Queue is an interface, child of Collection interface. Generally Queue follows FIFO approach, but there are exceptions like PriorityQueue Supports all the methods available in Collection + some other methods mentioned below Method...
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