Java Stream How to - Sort String Stream with reversed Comparator

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Question

We would like to know how to sort String Stream with reversed Comparator.

Answer

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

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<String> friends = Arrays.asList("CSS", "HTML", "Oracle", "Dart");

    //same but reverse
    System.out.println("\nsort reverse:");
    Comparator<String> comp = (aName, bName) -> aName.compareTo(bName);

    friends.stream().sorted(comp.reversed())
        .forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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