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How to Sort HashSet Elements using Comparable Interface in Java?

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The HashSet class implements the Set interface, backed by a hash table which is actually a HashMap instance. No guarantee is made as to the iteration order of the set which means when we iterate the HashSet, there is no guarantee that we get elements in which order they were inserted.

To sort HashSet elements using Comparable interface in java first, we create a class Student that implements the Comparable interface. In this class we override the compareTo() method.

Pseudo Code:

// Student class implements comparable interface

class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
    Integer marks;
    
    Student(Integer marks) {
        this.marks = marks;
    }
    
    // override toString method
    public String toString() {
        return (" " + this.marks);
    }
    
    // Override compareTo method to sort LinkedHashSet in ascending order
    public int compareTo(Student stu) {
        return this.marks.compareTo(stu.marks);
    }
}

And then we pass the set to the TreeSet constructor to sort the elements.

// TreeSet to sort LinkedHashSet using comparable

TreeSet<Student> tree_set = new TreeSet<>(set);

Below is the full implementation of the above approach:

Example 1:

Java




// Java program to demonstrate how to Sort HashSet using
// Comparable interface
 
import java.util.*;
 
// Student class implements comparable interface
class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
   
    Integer marks;
 
    Student(Integer marks) { this.marks = marks; }
 
    // override toString method
    public String toString() { return (" " + this.marks); }
 
    // Override compareTo method to sort HashSet in
    // ascending order
    public int compareTo(Student stu)
    {
        return this.marks.compareTo(stu.marks);
    }
}
 
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        // New HashSet
        HashSet<Student> set = new HashSet<>();
 
        // Adding elements to the set
        set.add(new Student(500));
        set.add(new Student(300));
        set.add(new Student(400));
        set.add(new Student(100));
        set.add(new Student(200));
 
        // Print Before sort
        System.out.println("Before sort elements in ascending order : "
            + set);
 
        // TreeSet to sort HashSet using comparable
        // interface
        TreeSet<Student> tree_set = new TreeSet<>(set);
 
        // Print after sorting
        System.out.println("After sort elements in ascending order : "
            + tree_set);
    }
}


Output

Before sort elements in ascending order : [ 300,  400,  500,  200,  100]
After sort elements in ascending order : [ 100,  200,  300,  400,  500]

Example 2:

Java




// Java program to demonstrate how to Sort HashSet using
// Comparable interface
 
import java.util.*;
 
// Student class implements comparable interface
class Student implements Comparable<Student> {
   
    Integer marks;
 
    Student(Integer marks) { this.marks = marks; }
 
    // override toString method
    public String toString() { return (" " + this.marks); }
 
    // Override compareTo method to sort HashSet in
    // descending order
    public int compareTo(Student stu)
    {
        return stu.marks.compareTo(this.marks);
    }
}
 
class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        // New HashSet
        HashSet<Student> set = new HashSet<>();
 
        // Adding elements to the set
        set.add(new Student(500));
        set.add(new Student(300));
        set.add(new Student(400));
        set.add(new Student(100));
        set.add(new Student(200));
 
        // Print Before sort
        System.out.println("Before sort elements in descending order : "
            + set);
 
        // TreeSet to sort HashSet using comparable
        // interface
        TreeSet<Student> tree_set = new TreeSet<>(set);
 
        // Print after sorting
        System.out.println("After sort elements in descending order : "
            + tree_set);
    }
}


Output

Before sort elements in descending order : [ 300,  400,  500,  200,  100]
After sort elements in descending order : [ 500,  400,  300,  200,  100]

 



Last Updated : 01 Dec, 2021
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