Question

So I would like to sort everything out in my ArrayList by using the objects String Name that I have assigned to it.

So far I’ve read about Comparators to get what I want done.
But when I implement it, I get a compile error.

I initialize it like this

private static ArrayList<PeopleInfo> infoArray = new ArrayList<PeopleInfo>();


and call the sort like this

Collections.sort(infoArray, new CustomComparator());


and this is the Class.

public class CustomComparator implements Comparator<PeopleInfo> {
    @Override
    public int compare(PeopleInfo o1, PeopleInfo o2) {
        return o1.GetLast().compareTo(o2.GetLast());
    }
}

The error I get is
“No enclosing instance of type mainClass is accessible. Must qualify the allocation with an enclosing instance of type mainClass (e.g. x.new A() where x is an instance of MainClass).”

Not really understanding what’s happening.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Declare your Comparator class as a static class

public static class CustomComparator implements Comparator<PeopleInfo> {