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I have an array list that contains Quote objects. I want to be able to sort alphabetically by name, by change, and by percent change. How can I sort my arraylist?

package org.stocktwits.model;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;

    public class Quote implements Serializable {

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        public String symbol;
        public String name;
        public String change;
        public String percentChange;
        public String open;
        public String daysHigh;
        public String daysLow;
        public String dividendYield;
        public String volume;
        public String averageDailyVolume;
        public String peRatio;
        public String marketCapitalization;
        public String yearHigh;
        public String yearLow;
        public String lastTradePriceOnly;
        public DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#,###,###,###,###,##0.00");
        public DecimalFormat vf = new DecimalFormat("#,###,###,###,###,##0");

        public String getSymbol() {
            return symbol;
        }
        public void setSymbol(String symbol) {
            this.symbol = symbol;
        }
        public String getName() {
            return name;
        }
        public void setName(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }
        public String getChange() {
            return change;
        }
        public void setChange(String change) {
            if(change.equals("null")){
                this.change = "N/A";
            }
            else{   
                float floatedChange = Float.valueOf(change);
                this.change = (df.format(floatedChange));
            }
        }
        public String getPercentChange() {
            return percentChange;
        }
        public void setPercentChange(String percentChange) {
            if(percentChange.equals("null"))
                percentChange = "N/A";
            else
                this.percentChange = percentChange;
        }
        public String getOpen() {
            return open;
        }
        public void setOpen(String open) {
            if(open.equals("null"))
                this.open = "N/A";
            else
                this.open = open;
        }
        public String getDaysHigh() {
            return daysHigh;
        }
        public void setDaysHigh(String daysHigh) {
            if(daysHigh.equals("null"))
                this.daysHigh = "N/A";
            else{
                float floatedDaysHigh = Float.valueOf(daysHigh);
                this.daysHigh = (df.format(floatedDaysHigh));
            }
        }
        public String getDaysLow() {
            return daysLow;
        }
        public void setDaysLow(String daysLow) {
            if(daysLow.equals("null"))
                this.daysLow = "N/A";
            else{
                float floatedDaysLow = Float.valueOf(daysLow);
                this.daysLow = (df.format(floatedDaysLow));
            }
        }
        public String getVolume() {
            return volume;
        }
        public void setVolume(String volume) {
            if(volume.equals("null")){
                this.volume = "N/A";
            }
            else{
                float floatedVolume = Float.valueOf(volume);
                this.volume = (vf.format(floatedVolume));
            }
        }
        public String getDividendYield() {
            return dividendYield;
        }
        public void setDividendYield(String dividendYield) {
            if(dividendYield.equals("null"))
                this.dividendYield = "N/A";
            else
                this.dividendYield = dividendYield;
        }
        public String getAverageDailyVolume() {
            return averageDailyVolume;
        }
        public void setAverageDailyVolume(String averageDailyVolume) {
            if(averageDailyVolume.equals("null")){
                this.averageDailyVolume = "N/A";
            }
            else{
                float floatedAverageDailyVolume = Float.valueOf(averageDailyVolume);
                this.averageDailyVolume = (vf.format(floatedAverageDailyVolume));
            }
        }
        public String getPeRatio() {
            return peRatio;
        }
        public void setPeRatio(String peRatio) {
            if(peRatio.equals("null"))
                this.peRatio = "N/A";
                else
            this.peRatio = peRatio;
        }
        public String getMarketCapitalization() {
            return marketCapitalization;
        }
        public void setMarketCapitalization(String marketCapitalization) {
            if(marketCapitalization.equals("null"))
                this.marketCapitalization = "N/A";
            else
                this.marketCapitalization = marketCapitalization;
        }
        public String getYearHigh() {
            return yearHigh;
        }
        public void setYearHigh(String yearHigh) {
            if(yearHigh.equals("null"))
                this.yearHigh = "N/A";
            else
                this.yearHigh = yearHigh;
        }
        public String getYearLow() {
            return yearLow;
        }
        public void setYearLow(String yearLow) {
            if(yearLow.equals("null"))
                this.yearLow = "N/A";
            else
                this.yearLow = yearLow;
        }

        public String getLastTradePriceOnly() {
            return lastTradePriceOnly;
        }

        public void setLastTradePriceOnly(String lastTradePriceOnly) {
            if(lastTradePriceOnly.equals("null")){
                this.lastTradePriceOnly = "N/A";
            }
            else{
                float floatedLastTradePriceOnly = Float.valueOf(lastTradePriceOnly);
                this.lastTradePriceOnly = (df.format(floatedLastTradePriceOnly));
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            final int prime = 31;
            int result = 1;
            result = prime * result + ((change == null) ? 0 : change.hashCode());
            result = prime * result
                    + ((daysHigh == null) ? 0 : daysHigh.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((daysLow == null) ? 0 : daysLow.hashCode());
            result = prime
                    * result
                    + ((lastTradePriceOnly == null) ? 0 : lastTradePriceOnly
                            .hashCode());
            result = prime
                    * result
                    + ((marketCapitalization == null) ? 0 : marketCapitalization
                            .hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((name == null) ? 0 : name.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((open == null) ? 0 : open.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((peRatio == null) ? 0 : peRatio.hashCode());
            result = prime * result
                    + ((percentChange == null) ? 0 : percentChange.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((symbol == null) ? 0 : symbol.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((volume == null) ? 0 : volume.hashCode());
            result = prime * result
                    + ((yearHigh == null) ? 0 : yearHigh.hashCode());
            result = prime * result + ((yearLow == null) ? 0 : yearLow.hashCode());
            return result;
        }
        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
            if (this == obj)
                return true;
            if (obj == null)
                return false;
            if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
                return false;
            Quote other = (Quote) obj;
            if (change == null) {
                if (other.change != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!change.equals(other.change))
                return false;
            if (daysHigh == null) {
                if (other.daysHigh != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!daysHigh.equals(other.daysHigh))
                return false;
            if (daysLow == null) {
                if (other.daysLow != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!daysLow.equals(other.daysLow))
                return false;
            if (lastTradePriceOnly == null) {
                if (other.lastTradePriceOnly != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!lastTradePriceOnly.equals(other.lastTradePriceOnly))
                return false;
            if (marketCapitalization == null) {
                if (other.marketCapitalization != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!marketCapitalization.equals(other.marketCapitalization))
                return false;
            if (name == null) {
                if (other.name != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!name.equals(other.name))
                return false;
            if (open == null) {
                if (other.open != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!open.equals(other.open))
                return false;
            if (peRatio == null) {
                if (other.peRatio != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!peRatio.equals(other.peRatio))
                return false;
            if (percentChange == null) {
                if (other.percentChange != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!percentChange.equals(other.percentChange))
                return false;
            if (symbol == null) {
                if (other.symbol != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!symbol.equals(other.symbol))
                return false;
            if (volume == null) {
                if (other.volume != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!volume.equals(other.volume))
                return false;
            if (yearHigh == null) {
                if (other.yearHigh != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!yearHigh.equals(other.yearHigh))
                return false;
            if (yearLow == null) {
                if (other.yearLow != null)
                    return false;
            } else if (!yearLow.equals(other.yearLow))
                return false;
            return true;
        }
    }
+2  A: 

Sun has devoted big part of its tutorial to sorting in Java collections:
http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/collections/interfaces/order.html

It discusses both Comparable and Comparator interfaces with examples.

Nikita Rybak
+3  A: 

Create an appropiate Comparator that will compare two items according to your desired criteria. Then use Collections.sort() on your ArrayList.

If at a later time you want to sort by different criteria, call Collections.sort() again with a different Comparator.

gpeche
Can you provide an example of what my compare() method may look like?
Sheehan Alam
@Sheehan The documentation explains the contract. It's up to you to determine the ordering. Think of it just like looking up a book in the library, e.g. first you go to the "Fiction" or "Non-Fiction" section, then you look up the whole number, then the part after the decimal... e.g. you compare the "more significant" things first and keep narrowing down. If one more-significant part is more than another, then that terminates the ordering (as you've found the better order already).
pst
+1  A: 

See Collections.sort with an explicit Comparator (or the Collections.sort kind that requires the input to implement Comparable, if you prefer).

pst
+3  A: 

If you (almost) always want to use that order you can add the Comparable interface to Quote and implement a compareTo method.

 public int compareTo(Quote quote) {
     int result = this.getName().compareTo(quote.getName());
     if (result == 0) {
        result = this.getChange().compareTo(quote.getChange());
     }
     if (result == 0) {
        result = this.getPercentChange().compareTo(quote.getPercentChange());
     }
     return result;
 }

Then use a sorted collection, or sort a list, and the quotes will be sorted.

For ad hoc sorting, a separate, possibly anonymous, Comparator is better.

Peter Tillemans
+2  A: 

Everybody is right that you want to use Comparators. Extending on that idea, if you want to be able to sort on multiple criteria, then a class like this will work for you:

public class MultiComparator<T> implements Comparator<T> {
    private List<Comparator<T>> comparators;

    public MultiComparator(List<Comparator<T>> comparators) {
        this.comparators = comparators;
    }

    public int compare(T o1, T o2) {
        for (Comparator<T> comparator : comparators) {
            int comparison = comparator.compare(o1, o2);
            if (comparison != 0) return comparison;
        }
        return 0;
    }
}

Then you just write really simple comparators for whichever fields you desire and you can combine them into more complex comparators more easily and with more reuse.

romacafe
If there are a lot of comparisons to be made and performance is an issue, the private List<Comparator<T>> could be stored as an array Comparator[] (it is set once at the constructor, never altered, and never read by clients) -- at the very least make it final.
Jason S
Agreed, or maybe the class could be final. I pretty much just wrote that up cold to demonstrate the idea. There really should be something of the sort in the JDK, and I'd be surprised if it wasn't in any number of collections libraries...
romacafe