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sort an array of object in java

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The java.util.Arrays class has static methods for sorting arrays, both arrays of primitive types and object types. The sort method can be applied to entire arrays, or only a particular range. For object types you can supply a comparator to define how the sort should be performed. All object types that implement Comparable (ie, defines compareTo() method), can be sorted with using a comparator. import java.util.Arrays; public class sortobjects { public static void main(String[] args) { String names[] = { "Ankit", "OM", "Deepti", "Anu" }; Arrays.sort(names); for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) { String name = names[i]; System.out.print("name = " + name + "; "); } Person persons[] = new Person[4]; persons[0] = new Person("Ankit"); persons[1] = new Person("OM"); persons[2] = new Person("Deepti"); persons[3] = new Person("Anu");