[isuckatprograming]

Hey guys,
Im pretty new to java, i have a program i am working on that requires my defined queue be sorted based upon a certian component of the class it represents.

Queue<apples> applesqueue;
applesqueue = new LinkedList<apples>();

public apples{
public int getnumber(){
return number
}

This is just a quick example i made up, now say if i wanted to sort my queue based on the getnumber method, how would i go about doing so?

Thanks in advance

[pbl]

Your class apples must implement the Comparable interface and have a compareTo() method that return < 0 or == 0 or > 0 depending on getNumber()

class apples implements Comparable<apples> {

   public int compareTo(apples otherApple) {
     return this.getNumber() - otherApple.getNumber();
   }

Now you can invoke the API standard sort methods

[macosxnerd101]

@isuckatprograming: You're missing a semi-colon here:

return number  //<--- you need a semi-colon to end the statement

You can also use a Comparator<apple> to compare two apple objects, and pass that to the Collections.sort() method along with your List. Or you could just use a PriorityQueue, which orders elements in FIFO order, but based on priority as defined by the Comparable interface, or a Comparator.