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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>
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Subject: Re: exporting a HashMap
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:38:36 -0500
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On 1/17/2012 12:04 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:55 -0500, Eric Sosman
> <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
> someone who said :
>
>>
>> 	Map<K,V>  map = ...;
>> 	List<Map.Entry<K,V>>  entries =
>> 	    new ArrayList<Map.Entry<K,V>>(map.entrySet());
>> 	Collections.sort(entries, new Comparator<Map.Entry<K,V>>() {
>> 	    @Override
>> 	    public int compare(Map.Entry<K,V>  e1, Map.Entry<K,V>  e2) {
>> 	        return e1.getKey().compareTo(e2.getKey());
>> 	    }
>> 	});
>> 	for (Map.Entry<K,V>  e : entries) { ... }
>
> I have added your technique with attribution to
> http://mindprod.com/jgloss/hashmap.html

     Thanks.  Actually, I thought my other suggestion was slicker,
certainly briefer.

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Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid