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Is it possible to create exception rule in Comparator sort order?

I have been working on trying to learn how to use Comparators to sort Collections... In one of my recent experiments, I tried to order a PriorityQueue of String elements alphabetically, in ascending order, with one exception: any word beginning with the letter "z" should be given a higher priority than any other word. I haven't been able to find a way to do this, nor to discern whether or not it's possible.

Any help is appreciated.

[450 byte] By [sourceLakeJakea] at [2007-11-27 6:52:56]
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# 1

Try something like this:public class MyComparator implements Comparator<String> {

@Override

public int compare(String s1, String s2) {

boolean s1StartsWithZ = s1.startsWith("z");

boolean s2StartsWithZ = s2.startsWith("z");

if (s1StartsWithZ && !s2StartsWithZ) return 1;

if (s2StartsWithZ && !s1StartsWithZ) return -1;

return s1.compareTo(s2);

}

}

dwga at 2007-7-12 18:27:33 > top of Java-index,Core,Core APIs...
# 2
Please note that for "alphabetical" sorting to take place, you should really use a Collator, not Comparator<String> (it will compare unicodes, so A-Z comes before a-z, for example).
Herko_ter_Horsta at 2007-7-12 18:27:33 > top of Java-index,Core,Core APIs...
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