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

With Java 8 you can use stream() together with it's predefined max() function and Comparator.comparing() functionality with lambda expression:

ValuePairs maxValue = values.stream().max(Comparator.comparing(v -> v.getMValue())).get();