Sort elements in linked list in java

To sort the elements of list be it linked list or array list, you can use

Collections.sort(List list);

Note: 
* Strings are sorted in lexicographic order(see example below)
* Dates are sorted in chronological order(In our example replace String with Date and see the result)
* Integers are sorted in numeric order(In our example replace String with Integer and see the result)

In the given example the sorting method is highlighted in similar background color. Lets look at each step closely. Its pretty simple to sort a list.

Lets have a look.

Source File: SortLinkedList.java

package javaRadarLinkedList;

import java.util.Collections;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.LinkedList;

public class SortLinkedList {

      public static void main(String[] args) {

            //create Linked List

            LinkedList<String> javaRadarList= new LinkedList<String>();

            //Add elements to LinkedList

            javaRadarList.add("Java");

            javaRadarList.add("Jquery");

            javaRadarList.add("Spring");

            javaRadarList.add("Hibernate");

            javaRadarList.add("EJB");

             

            //use iterator to traverse list

            System.out.println("Before sorting: " +javaRadarList);

           

            Collections.sort(javaRadarList); //sorting list element

           

            Iterator<String> itrAfterSort = javaRadarList.iterator();

            System.out.println("After Sorting:");

            while(itrAfterSort.hasNext()){

                  String token = itrAfterSort.next();

                  System.out.println(token);

            }

      }

}

OUTPUT:

Before sorting: [Java, Jquery, Spring, Hibernate, EJB]

After Sorting:

EJB

Hibernate

Java

Jquery

Spring