sorting a List containing Object[] elements


Problem Statement: How can we  sort a List containing Object[] elements?

The Solution:
Ever wondered how to sort a list full of Object[]? The answer is to use a Comparator I have used an anonymous class which implements compare method to sort the List of Object[]

package example.collections;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;

public class Sorting {

       public static void main(String[] args) {
              List<Object[]> list = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
             
              list.add(new Object[]{123, "abc", 212});
              list.add(new Object[]{423, "qwert", 2131});
              list.add(new Object[]{656, "asda", 45});
              list.add(new Object[]{111, "zxcz", 43});
              list.add(new Object[]{10, "poiu", 890});

              Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Object[]>() {
                     //Used by Collections.sort method to sort the List
                     @Override
                     public int compare(Object[] o1, Object[] o2) {
                           Integer accId1 = (Integer)o1[0];
                           Integer accId2 = (Integer)o2[0];
                           if(accId1 < accId2)
                                  return -1;
                           if(accId1 > accId2)
                                  return 1;
                           return 0;
                     }
              });
             
              for(Object[] obj : list){
                 System.out.println("id= "+obj[0]+", name= "+obj[1]+", val= "+obj[2]);
              }
       }
}



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