How to simplify a null-safe compareTo() implementation?

Question

I\'m implementing compareTo() method for a simple class such as this (to be able to use Collections.sort() and other goodies offered by the Java pl

Answer 1

In case anyone using Spring, there is a class org.springframework.util.comparator.NullSafeComparator that does this for you as well. Just decorate your own comparable with it like this

new NullSafeComparator(new YourComparable(), true)

https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/util/comparator/NullSafeComparator.html