Java Stream How to - Sort String list with null last

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Question

We would like to know how to sort String list with null last.

Answer

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
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public class Main {

  public static void main(final String[] args) {
    List<String> names2 = Arrays.asList("peter", null, "anna", "mike", "xenia");
    names2.sort(Comparator.nullsLast(String::compareTo));
    System.out.println(names2);
  }

}

The code above generates the following result.

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