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Sorting an ArrayList containing objects

 
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Hi,

I have an ArrayList containing some Person objects.
The Person class has the following attributes, all of which are of type
String. (A person may have multiple roles.)

p_id
p_name
p_role
p_manager
p_salary

Based on a flag, this ArrayList should be sorted using multiple fields.
That is ,


Can you please explain how the ArrayList can be sorted on multiple attributes.

Many thanks.
 
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Have you come across the Collections class? It has a sort method you can apply to a List. Sounds like you might also need to implement a Comparator to define your sorting rules.
 
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Thank you Paul for your inputs.
I came across something like this.



Please advise if there is a better way of doing the same in terms of performance and maintainability of code.

Many Thanks
Tresa
 
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