Write Your own Comparator in Java

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

public class Main{
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String names[] = { "Bart", "Hugo", "Lisa", "Marge", "Homer", "Maggie",
        "Roy" };

    List list = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(names));

    Collections.sort(list);
    System.out.println(list);

    int index = Collections.binarySearch(list, "Maggie");
    System.out.println("Found Maggie @ " + index);

    System.out.println(Collections.min(list));
    System.out.println(Collections.max(list));

    Comparator comp = Collections.reverseOrder();

    System.out.println(Collections.min(list, comp));
    System.out.println(Collections.max(list, comp));
  }
}
class EmpComparator implements Comparator {
  public int compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) {
    Person emp1 = (Person) obj1;
    Person emp2 = (Person) obj2;

    int nameComp = emp1.getFirstName().compareTo(emp2.getFirstName());

    return ((nameComp == 0) ? emp1.getLastName().compareTo(
        emp2.getLastName()) : nameComp);
  }

}

class Person implements Comparable {
  String firstName, lastName;

  public Person(String f, String l) {
    this.firstName = f;
    this.lastName = l;
  }

  public String getFirstName() {
    return firstName;
  }

  public String getLastName() {
    return lastName;
  }

  public String toString() {
    return "[ name=" + firstName + ",name=" + lastName + "]";
  }

  public int compareTo(Object obj) {
    Person emp = (Person) obj;
    int deptComp = firstName.compareTo(emp.getFirstName());

    return ((deptComp == 0) ? lastName.compareTo(emp.getLastName())
        : deptComp);
  }

  public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (!(obj instanceof Person)) {
      return false;
    }
    Person emp = (Person) obj;
    return firstName.equals(emp.getFirstName())
        && lastName.equals(emp.getLastName());
  }

}