Hey if anyone has an idea I would be really thankfull. I'm in a Java stream and i would like to sort my list that i'll be returning. I need to sort the list via TradPrefis ( MyObject::getTradPrefix ). But this would be way too easy. Because i want to sort following the number at the end of TradPrefix exampleTradPrefix_[NUMBER TO SORT]
Exemple : hello_1 test_2 ... still_there_22
Here is a piece of code so you can imagine easier.
public LinkedHashSet<WsQuestion> get(String quizId, String companyId) {
LinkedHashSet<QuizQuestionWithQuestion> toReturn = quizQuestionRepository.findAllQuizQuestionWithQuestionByQuizId(quizId);
return (toReturn.stream()
.map(this::createWsQuestion)
.sorted(comparing(WsQuestion::getTradPrefix.toString().length()))
.collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new)));
}
One method would simply be to split getTradPrefix().toString()
by _
and parse the rightmost value as an int
, and use it to sort the Stream
:
public LinkedHashSet<WsQuestion> get(String quizId, String companyId) {
LinkedHashSet<QuizQuestionWithQuestion> toReturn = quizQuestionRepository.findAllQuizQuestionWithQuestionByQuizId(quizId);
return toReturn.stream()
.map(this::createWsQuestion)
.sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(question -> {
String[] args = question.getTradPrefix().toString().split("_");
return Integer.parseInt(args[args.length - 1]);
}))
.collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
}
If I where you I would simply put a method on the WsQuestion
class, let's call it sort order:
public int getSortOrder() {
return Integer.valueOf(tradPrefix.substring(tradPrefix.lastIndexOf("_") + 1));
}
The Integer
parse is needed since comparing strings would give "11" < "2" (thanks Holger for pointing this out). The lastIndexOf()
makes sure that any number of underscores are allowed in tradPrefix
, as long as there is at least one.
Then simply create a comparotor by using Comparator.comparingInt()
public LinkedHashSet<WsQuestion> get(String quizId, String companyId) {
LinkedHashSet<QuizQuestionWithQuestion> toReturn = quizQuestionRepository.findAllQuizQuestionWithQuestionByQuizId(quizId);
return (toReturn.stream()
.map(this::createWsQuestion)
.sorted(comparingInt(WsQuestion::getSortOrder))
.collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new)));
}
You can make a small Comparator
like this:
private static final Comparator<String> questionComparator = Comparator.comparingInt(s -> {
String[] pieces = s.split("_");
return Integer.parseInt(pieces[pieces.length-1]);
});
Then use it in your sorted()
.
Having a separate Comparator will make your code more readable too, since you will be separating concerns.
return toReturn.stream()
.map(this::createWsQuestion)
.sorted(questionComparator)
.collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
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