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Java Collections - Collections.max() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

Java Collections Java Java API

Class:

java.util.Collections

Methods:

public static <T extends Object & Comparable<? super T>> T max(Collection<? extends T> coll)

Returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the natural ordering of its elements.

public static <T> T max(Collection<? extends T> coll,
                        Comparator<? super T> comp)

Returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the order induced by the specified comparator.

Examples

package com.logicbig.example.collections;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class MaxExample {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(20, 10, 100, 140);
        Integer max = Collections.max(list);
        System.out.println(max);
    }
}

Output

package com.logicbig.example.collections;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class MaxExample2 {

    public static void main(String... args) {
        List<Integer> list = Arrays.asList(20, 10, 100, 140);
        Integer max = Collections.max(list, Collections.reverseOrder());
        System.out.println(max);
    }
}

Output

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