java比較器Comparable接口與Comaprator接口的深入分析

java的比較器有兩類，分別是Comparable接口和Comparator接口。
在為對象數組進行排序時，比較器的作用非常明顯，首先來講解Comparable接口。
讓需要進行排序的對象實現Comparable接口，重寫其中的compareTo(T o)方法，在其中定義排序規則，那麼就可以直接調用java.util.Arrays.sort()來排序對象數組，實例如下：
代碼如下：

class Student implements Comparable<Student>{
    private String name;
    private int age;
    private float score;

    public Student(String name, int age, float score) {
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
        this.score = score;
    }

    public String toString()
    {
        return name+"\t\t"+age+"\t\t"+score;
    }
    @Override
    public int compareTo(Student o) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if(this.score>o.score)//score是private的，為什麼能夠直接調用,這是因為在Student類內部
            return -1;//由高到底排序
        else if(this.score<o.score)
            return 1;
        else{
            if(this.age>o.age)
                return 1;//由底到高排序
            else if(this.age<o.age)
                return -1;
            else
                return 0;
        }
    }
}
public class ComparableDemo01 {
    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Student stu[]={new Student("zhangsan",20,90.0f),
                new Student("lisi",22,90.0f),
                new Student("wangwu",20,99.0f),
                new Student("sunliu",22,100.0f)};
        java.util.Arrays.sort(stu);
        for(Student s:stu)
        {
            System.out.println(s);
        }
    }
}

程序運行結果:
sunliu 22 100.0
wangwu 20 99.0
zhangsan 20 90.0
lisi 22 90.0
但是在設計類的時候，往往沒有考慮到讓類實現Comparable接口，那麼我們就需要用到另外的一個比較器接口Comparator。
從上面的實例我們可以發現，compareTo(T o)只有一個參數，而Comparator接口中必須要實現的compare(T o1,T o2)就有兩個參數。
代碼實例：
代碼如下：

package edu.sjtu.ist.comutil;
import java.util.Comparator;
class Student {
    private String name;
    private int age;
    private float score;

    public Student(String name, int age, float score) {
        this.name = name;
        this.age = age;
        this.score = score;
    }
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
    public int getAge() {
        return age;
    }
    public void setAge(int age) {
        this.age = age;
    }
    public float getScore() {
        return score;
    }
    public void setScore(float score) {
        this.score = score;
    }
    public String toString()
    {
        return name+"\t\t"+age+"\t\t"+score;
    }
}
class StudentComparator implements Comparator<Student>{
    @Override
    public int compare(Student o1, Student o2) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        if(o1.getScore()>o2.getScore())
            return -1;
        else if(o1.getScore()<o2.getScore())
            return 1;
        else{
            if(o1.getAge()>o2.getAge())
                return 1;
            else if(o1.getAge()<o2.getAge())
                return -1;
            else
                return 0;
        }
    }

}
public class ComparableDemo02 {
    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Student stu[]={new Student("zhangsan",20,90.0f),
                new Student("lisi",22,90.0f),
                new Student("wangwu",20,99.0f),
                new Student("sunliu",22,100.0f)};
        java.util.Arrays.sort(stu,new StudentComparator());
        for(Student s:stu)
        {
            System.out.println(s);
        }
    }
}