Java Streams - Stream sorted(Comparator comparator) example

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Stream sorted(Comparator<? super T> comparator) returns a stream consisting of the elements of this stream, sorted according to the provided Comparator.

Syntax

sorted has the following syntax.

Stream<T> sorted(Comparator<? super T> comparator)

Example

The following example shows how to use sorted.

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<String> stringList = Arrays.asList("1","1","2","3","4");

    stringList.stream()      
              .sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder())
              .forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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