Sort HashMap basis on Object's member variable from value [duplicate]

Question

Have one class

class Employee {
    int id;
    String name;
}

and one map which contains this object in value

Map<Integer, Employee> map = new HashMap<Integer, Employee>();

Now I want to sort above map one the basis of Employee's name. Means when I iterate this map using Map.Entry, Employee objects must retrive alphabetically.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use a TreeMap with a custom Comparator using this constructor:

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/TreeMap.html#TreeMap(java.util.Comparator)