A TreeSet or TreeMap that allow duplicates

Question

I need a Collection that sorts the element, but does not removes the duplicates.

I have gone for a TreeSet, since TreeSet actually adds the values to a backed TreeMap:

public boolean add(E e) {
    return m.put(e, PRESENT)==null;
}

And the TreeMap removes the duplicates using the Comparators compare logic

I have written a Comparator that returns 1 instead of 0 in case of equal elements. Hence in the case of equal elements the TreeSet with this Comparator will not overwrite the duplicate and will just sort it.

I have tested it for simple String objects, but I need a Set of Custom objects.

public static void main(String[] args)
{       
        List<String> strList = Arrays.asList( new String[]{"d","b","c","z","s","b","d","a"} );      
        Set<String> strSet = new TreeSet<String>(new StringComparator());       
        strSet.addAll(strList);     
        System.out.println(strSet); 
}

class StringComparator implements Comparator<String>
{
    @Override
    public int compare(String s1, String s2)
    {
        if(s1.compareTo(s2) == 0){
            return 1;
        }
        else{
            return s1.compareTo(s2);
        }
    }
}

Is this approach fine or is there a better way to achieve this?

EDIT

Actually I am having a ArrayList of the following class:

class Fund 
{
    String fundCode;
    BigDecimal fundValue;
    .....

    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    // uses fundCode for equality
    }
}

I need all the fundCode with highest fundValue

Answer 1

I need all the fundCode with highest fundValue

If that's the only reason why you want to sort I would recommend not to sort at all. Sorting comes mostly with a complexity of O(n log(n)). Finding the maximum has only a complexity of O(n) and is implemented in a simple iteration over your list:

List<Fund> maxFunds = new ArrayList<Fund>();
int max = 0;
for (Fund fund : funds) {
    if (fund.getFundValue() > max) {
        maxFunds.clear();
        max = fund.getFundValue();

    }
    if (fund.getFundValue() == max) {
        maxFunds.add(fund);

    }
}

You can avoid that code by using a third level library like Guava. See: How to get max() element from List in Guava

Answer 2

you can sort a List using Collections.sort.

given your Fund:

List<Fund> sortMe = new ArrayList(...);
Collections.sort(sortMe, new Comparator<Fund>() {
  @Override
  public int compare(Fund left, Fund right) {
    return left.fundValue.compareTo(right.fundValue);
  }
});
// sortMe is now sorted

Answer 3

You can use a PriorityQueue.

PriorityQueue<Integer> pQueue = 

               new PriorityQueue<Integer>(); 

PriorityQueue(): Creates a PriorityQueue with the default initial capacity (11) that orders its elements according to their natural ordering.

Answer 4

In case of TreeSet either Comparator or Comparable is used to compare and store objects . Equals are not called and that is why it does not recognize the duplicate one

Answer 5

Instead of the TreeSet we can use List and implement the Comparable interface.

public class Fund implements Comparable<Fund> {

    String fundCode;
    int fundValue;

    public Fund(String fundCode, int fundValue) {
        super();
        this.fundCode = fundCode;
        this.fundValue = fundValue;
    }

    public String getFundCode() {
        return fundCode;
    }

    public void setFundCode(String fundCode) {
        this.fundCode = fundCode;
    }

    public int getFundValue() {
        return fundValue;
    }

    public void setFundValue(int fundValue) {
        this.fundValue = fundValue;
    }

    public int compareTo(Fund compareFund) {

        int compare = ((Fund) compareFund).getFundValue();
        return compare - this.fundValue;
    }

    public static void main(String args[]){

        List<Fund> funds = new ArrayList<Fund>();

        Fund fund1 = new Fund("a",100);
        Fund fund2 = new Fund("b",20);
        Fund fund3 = new Fund("c",70);
        Fund fund4 = new Fund("a",100);
        funds.add(fund1);
        funds.add(fund2);
        funds.add(fund3);
        funds.add(fund4);

        Collections.sort(funds);

        for(Fund fund : funds){
            System.out.println("Fund code: " + fund.getFundCode() +  "  Fund value : " + fund.getFundValue());
        }
    }
}

Answer 6

Add the elements to the arraylist and then sort the elements using utility Collections.sort,. then implement comparable and write your own compareTo method according to your key.

wont remove duplicates as well, can be sorted also:

List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();

Collections.sort(list,new Comparator<Integer>() 
{

  @Override


  public int compare(List left, List right) {


**your logic**

     return '';

  }

}

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