Java Comparator using .reverseOrder() but with an inner class

Question

I am creating a simple program to learn about the Java Comparator class. I have sorted an Arraylist into order but now I want to sort the list in descending order b

Answer 1

ArtistCompare artistCompare = new ArtistCompare();
Collections.sort(songList, Collections.reverseOrder(artistCompare));

Edit July 2015

As this answer still gets some attention, here a small update:

With Java SE 8 it's becoming easier to create a reversed comparator:

Comparator songRatingComparator = Comparator.comparing(Song::getRating);
Collections.sort(songList, songRatingComparator.reversed());

And you can, of course, also use the Streams framework:

List sortedSongList = songList.stream()
.sorted(Comparator.comparing(Song::getRating).reversed())
.collect(Collectors.toList());