Java java.lang.Enum implements Comparable interface. Its compareTo method compares the elements based on their ordinals. Enum#compareTo method returns self.ordinal - other.ordinal . The elements being compared must be from the same enum class. package com.logicbig.example;
import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List;
public class EnumCompareToExample { enum MyEnum { E, B, A, C, D }
public static void main(String[] args) { int i = MyEnum.A.compareTo(MyEnum.E); System.out.println(i);
i = MyEnum.B.compareTo(MyEnum.E); System.out.println(i);
List<MyEnum> list = Arrays.asList(MyEnum.A, MyEnum.B, MyEnum.C, MyEnum.D, MyEnum.E); Collections.sort(list); System.out.println(list); } }
Output2 1 [E, B, A, C, D]
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