Java Generics: sorting a map by value
While trying to compile the following function, which sorts the shared map, I get this error:
"The method compareTo(V) is undefined for the type V"
Please help make this work!
public class CollectionsPlus<K,V> {
/**
* Sort map by value
* @param map
* @return
*/
public static<K,V> Map<K, V> sortMapByValue(Map<K, V> map) {
List<Map.Entry<K, V>> list = new LinkedList<Map.Entry<K, V>>(
map.entrySet());
Collections.sort(list,
new Comparator<Map.Entry<K, V>>() {
public int compare(Map.Entry<K, V> o1,
Map.Entry<K, V> o2) {
return (o2.getValue().compareTo(o1.getValue()));
}
});
Map<K, V> result = new LinkedHashMap<K, V>();
for (Iterator<Map.Entry<K, V>> it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry<K, V> entry = it.next();
result.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
}
return result;
}
}
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