Java - getting max value from an arraylist of objects?

Question

Is there an easy way to get the max value from one field of an object in an arraylist of objects?

For example, out of the following object, I was hoping to get the h

Answer 1

This has been answered multiple time already, but since it's the first result on google I will give a Java 8 answer with an example.

Take a look at the stream feature. Then you can get the max form an List of Objects like this:

List ourValues = new ArrayList<>();

ourValues.stream().max(comparing(ValuePairs::getMValue)).get()

By the way in your example, the attributes should be private. You can then access them with a getter.