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This tutorial explains how to Map<key, value>sort pairs by value in Java and lists some sample codes to understand it.

There are several ways to Mapsort . Here we use sort()the , sorted()method, and Comparatorinterface. Let's look at an example.

Use the method to sort sort()a in JavaMap

We can sort the elements of a Map using the method Listof the interface . The method sorts the elements in ascending order, and we specify sorting by value using the method. See the following example.sort()sort()comparingByValue()

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

public class SimpleTesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    map.put(2, 1020);
    map.put(3, 300);
    map.put(1, 100);
    map.put(5, 500);
    map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
    System.out.println("After Sorting by value");
    List<Entry<Integer, Integer>> list = new ArrayList<>(map.entrySet());
    list.sort(Entry.comparingByValue());
    list.forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}

Output:

1=100
2=1020
3=300
5=500
After Sorting
1=100
3=300
5=500
2=1020

sorted()Use the method to Mapsort in Java

If you are using streams, you can use sorted()the method to sort the elements in ascending order. We Map.Entry.comparingByValue()pass as a parameter to the method to sort sorted()by the value of .Map<key, value>

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class SimpleTesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    map.put(2, 1020);
    map.put(3, 300);
    map.put(1, 100);
    map.put(5, 500);
    map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
    System.out.println("After Sorting by value");
    Stream<Map.Entry<Integer, Integer>> sorted =
        map.entrySet().stream().sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByValue());
    sorted.forEach(System.out::println);
  }
}

Output:

1=100
2=1020
3=300
5=500
After Sorting by value
1=100
3=300
5=500
2=1020

Use the method Comparatorof in Java to sortsort()Map<key, value>

In this example, we use compareTo()the method to compare the value of as parameter sort()inside the method Map<key, value>. You can see that we create an Comparatoranonymous inner class of the interface and define compare()the method to compare the values.

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;

public class SimpleTesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    map.put(2, 1020);
    map.put(3, 300);
    map.put(1, 100);
    map.put(5, 500);
    map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
    System.out.println("After Sorting by value");
    List<Entry<Integer, Integer>> list = new LinkedList<>(map.entrySet());
    Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<Object>() {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
        return ((Comparable<Integer>) ((Map.Entry<Integer, Integer>) (o1)).getValue())
            .compareTo(((Map.Entry<Integer, Integer>) (o2)).getValue());
      }
    });
    Map<Integer, Integer> result = new LinkedHashMap<>();
    for (Iterator<Entry<Integer, Integer>> it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
      Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry = (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer>) it.next();
      result.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }
    result.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
  }
}

Output:

1=100
2=1020
3=300
5=500
After Sorting by value
1=100
3=300
5=500
2=1020

Sort a using the sorted()and methods in JavatoMap()Map

In this example, we sort the using sorted()the method Map<key, value>and toMap()collect the results into the using the method LinkedHashMap. Here, we use the concept of method reference to create a LinkedHashMapobject.

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

public class SimpleTesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    map.put(2, 1020);
    map.put(3, 300);
    map.put(1, 100);
    map.put(5, 500);
    map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
    System.out.println("After Sorting by value");
    Map<Integer, Integer> result = map.entrySet()
                                       .stream()
                                       .sorted(Entry.comparingByValue())
                                       .collect(Collectors.toMap(Entry::getKey, Entry::getValue,
                                           (e1, e2) -> e1, LinkedHashMap::new));
    result.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
  }
}

Output:

1=100
2=1020
3=300
5=500
After Sorting by value
1=100
3=300
5=500
2=1020

MapSorting a in Java using custom code

Here, we have created a Comparatoruser-defined class that implements the interface and passed its object TreeMapto to get the sorted sorted by value Map<key, value>.

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;
class UserComparator implements Comparator<Object> {
  Map<Integer, Integer> map;
  public UserComparator(Map<Integer, Integer> map) {
    this.map = map;
  }
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
    if (map.get(o2) == map.get(o1))
      return 1;
    else
      return ((Integer) map.get(o1)).compareTo((Integer) map.get(o2));
  }
}
public class SimpleTesting {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Map<Integer, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    map.put(2, 1020);
    map.put(3, 300);
    map.put(1, 100);
    map.put(5, 500);
    map.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
    System.out.println("After Sorting by value");
    UserComparator comparator = new UserComparator(map);
    Map<Integer, Integer> result = new TreeMap<Integer, Integer>(comparator);
    result.putAll(map);
    result.forEach((k, v) -> System.out.println(k + "=" + v));
  }
}

Output:

1=100
2=1020
3=300
5=500
After Sorting by value
1=100
3=300
5=500
2=1020