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Thread: Help needed with Comparator objects and Collections

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    Default Help needed with Comparator objects and Collections

    I'm having issues with using Comparator objects and Collections and would be grateful to receive assistance on the following:

    Write code for a Comparator object that orders List<Integer> objects in order of their length. Then write code for a Comparator object that orders List<Integer> objects in the order of the sum of their integers (the sum is all the integers in the list added together). Use these Comparator objects and the two-argument method max from Java’s class Collections to find the longest list and the list which adds up to the most from the set of lists from a HashSet<List<Integer>> object, for example as created in question 2.
    The following is the code that I already have (to summarise it's consists of a HashSet<List<Integer>> object that will store values of type List<Integer>, I'm at the point now where I need to re-order the HashSet and then run both Comparators):

    import java.util.*;
     
    class Ex5b implements Comparator<HashSet<List<Integer>>>
    {
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
            Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
            String line, ask;
            boolean run = true;
            HashSet<List<Integer>> hs = new HashSet<List<Integer>>();
     
            while(run)
            {
                System.out.println("Enter some integers (all on one line):");
                line = in.nextLine();
     
                String[] words = line.split(" ");
     
                List<Integer> l = new LinkedList<Integer>();
     
                for(int i=0; i<words.length; i++)
                {
                    l.add(new Integer(words[i]));
                }
     
                hs.add(l);
     
                System.out.println("Would you like to enter more integers?: (y/n)");
                ask = in.nextLine();
                if(ask.equalsIgnoreCase("N"))
                {
                    run = false;
                }   
     
            }
     
            System.out.println("Contents of list: " + hs);
     
            //PLACE WHERE I AM STUCKFOR REST OF CODE
        }
     
        // ATTEMPT TO CREATE A COMPARATOR THAT WOULD SORT HASHSET IN ORDER OF LENGTH OF EACH LIST 
        public HashSet<List<Integer>> compareLength(HashSet<List<Integer>> hs) 
        {
            HashSet<List<Integer>> hsLength = new HashSet<List<Integer>>();
     
            // INCOMPLETE - I PRESUME THAT THIS SHOULD BE DONE CONSTRUCTIVELY AND NOT DESTRUTIVELY - ALSO MEANS RETURNING A HASHSET WHICH I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH (NON-STATIC METHOD BEING REFERENCED FROM A STATIC CONTEXT)
     
        }
    }

    INTERFACE FOR COMPARATOR(S)
    import java.util.*;
     
    interface Comparator<T>
    {
         public T compareLength(T o1);
    }
     
    // I PRESUME I WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER METHOD FOR ORDERING BY SIZE HERE

    I'd be grateful if anyone could assist me as I've been working on this on/off over the last couple of days and are completely lost...


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    Default Re: Help needed with Comparator objects and Collections

    What method of what class are you using that requires a Comparator object?

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    Default Re: Help needed with Comparator objects and Collections

    Oh would I require another class that contain a method which would run the comparators?

    I'm pretty new to using Interfaces if the case...

    Thanks for replying.

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    Default Re: Help needed with Comparator objects and Collections

    First I'd recommend you read up on what an interface is for and how to use them.

    What Is an Interface? (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language > Object-Oriented Programming Concepts)
    Lesson: Interfaces and Inheritance (The Java™ Tutorials > Learning the Java Language)

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