How can I sort a vector of obj according to 1st element of this object

yeh. java.util.Collections.sort(List, Comparator). you'd need to write a quick comparator for your class, but since you want to sort on Strings anyway, it could just delegate down to that

public class MyClassComparator implements Comparator<MyClass> {

public int compare(MyClass first, MyClass second) {

return first.getVal1().compareTo(second.getVal1());

}

}

....

// later that day

Collections.sort(theVector, new MyClassComparator());

done. obviously I've guessed at class and method names, but you get the picture

georgemca at 2007-7-11 23:32:28 >

> Perhaps your object should implement

> Comparable, and compare based on val1?

>

> /ninja'd

>

> Message was edited by:

> Aleron

heh heh not quite. your solution is slightly different, but no less valid, to mine. I prefer mine, because changing the sort criteria doesn't need any change to the class itself, but it's really down to personal preference

georgemca at 2007-7-11 23:32:28 >