How can I sort a List several different ways in a JSP?

Question

I have a list of Player objects getting passed into a JSP from a controller, and I want to display them in a couple of different ways on the same page:

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Answer 1

I'd recommend having two sorted lists in the model. The lists will just contain object references, so it's not a big space issue, and I personally don't like doing that sort of work in the JSPs. If you presort them, it doesn't matter how many times the page is viewed in normal navigation, and as long as the lists don't change, you won't have to incur the sort overhead.