Sorting an ArrayList by Length of elements present in the List using Stream

 

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.Comparator;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.stream.*;

public class StreamCustSort2 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    ArrayList<String> actress = new ArrayList<>();

    actress.add("Sunny Leone");

    actress.add("Kajal Aggarwal");

    actress.add("Anushka Sharma");

    actress.add("Mallika Shetty");

    actress.add("Aamna Sarif");

    actress.add("Tara Sutaria");

    actress.add("Katrina Kaushal");

    ArrayList<String> alphabet = new ArrayList<>();

    alphabet.add("A");

    alphabet.add("AAAA");

    alphabet.add("AA");

    alphabet.add("AAA");

    alphabet.add("AAAAAA");

    alphabet.add("AAAAA");

    alphabet.add("AAAAAAA");

    Comparator<String> c = (s1, s2) -> {

      int l1 = s1.length();

      int l2 = s2.length();

      if (l1 < l2) return -1; else if (

        l1 > l2

      ) return 1; else return s1.compareTo(s2);

    };

    List<String> sortedList1 = actress

      .stream()

      .sorted(c)

      .collect(Collectors.toList());

    System.out.println("Increasing Length Order : " + sortedList1);

    System.out.println("-----------------------------------------------");

    List<String> sortedList2 = alphabet

      .stream()

      .sorted(c)

      .collect(Collectors.toList());

    System.out.println("Increasing Length Order : " + sortedList2);

  }

}