Sorting an ArrayList of Objects by Last name and firstname in Java

Question

I have an arrayList of different types of players based on sports. I need to sort the list of players in the arrayList by last name to start. If 2 players have the same la

Answer 1

Using java8 there is easy way to do this:

public List getSortedPlayerList(List playerList) {
    return playerList.stream().sorted(Comparator.comparing(PlayerStats::getPlayerLastName).thenComparing(PlayerStats::getPlayerFirstName)).collect(Collectors.toList());
}