collection.sort() explanation

[vijay umar]

i have a doubt regarding usage of Collections.sort() method;

as far as i read from k & b book that he collections.sort() can only be used by the class which extends the collections class!

so we can not use it with user defined type like --- List<myClass> abc= new ArrayList<myClass>();

so here we cant apply like collections.sort(abc)? am i right? or there is one more method collections.sort(abc,comparaor c);
when does this method works? odes it works? if yes? how does it?

can we sort a userdefined list using Colllections.sort(); method any of the 2 above ways of declaration? if possible give an better example code? thank you!!

[Henry Wong]

as far as i read from k & b book that he collections.sort() can only be used by the class which extends the collections class!

so we can not use it with user defined type like --- List<myClass> abc= new ArrayList<myClass>();

Collections sort() method can be used on any collections, provided that the contained data is Comparable. If the data is not Comparable, then you need to call the overloaded version, of the method, that takes a Comparator.

Henry

[vijay umar]

thanks