Yes. So an array of String references can be sorted.
Here is a program that demonstrates how sort() is used
with an array of String references.
The
import java.util.Arrays;
class ArrayDemoTwo
{
public static void main ( String[] args )
{
String[] animals = {"bat", "fox", "gnu", "eel", "ant", "dog", "fox", "gnat" };
System.out.print("Scrambled array: ");
for ( int j=0; j < animals.length; j++ )
System.out.print( animals[j] + " ");
System.out.println();
Arrays.sort( animals );
System.out.print("Sorted array: ");
for ( int j=0; j < animals.length; j++ )
System.out.print( animals[j] + " ");
System.out.println();
}
}
The output of the program is:
Scrambled array: bat fox gnu eel ant dog fox gnat Sorted array: ant bat dog eel fox fox gnat gnu
What is required if sort() is to be used with a
class that you define?