Alphabetically Sort a Java Collection based upon the 'toString' value of its member items

Question

Assume I have a user defined Java class called Foo such as:

public class Foo 
{

    private String aField;

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {         


        

Answer 1

I would do something very similar to Pierre:

public class Foo implements Comparable
{
    private String aField;

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return aField;
    }

    public int compareTo(Foo o)
    {
        return this.toString().compareTo(o.toString());
    }
}

Then, like Pierre, I would use Collections.sort(list) as Pierre suggests.