Sort HashMap By Values

                  Sort the HashMap by Values using comperator and Entry Object



import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.Set;

import com.kanth.bo.Employee;

public class HashMapSortByValues {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Map<String, Employee> unsortedMap = getEmpData();

        Set<Entry<String, Employee>> dataset = unsortedMap.entrySet();
        List<Entry<String, Employee>> mylist = new ArrayList<>(dataset);

        //Comparator for sorting by salary for Employee Object
        Comparator<Entry<String, Employee>> myvalucomp = new Comparator<Entry<String, Employee>>() {

            @Override
            public int compare(Entry<String, Employee> o1, Entry<String, Employee> o2) {
                return o1.getValue().getSalary() < o2.getValue().getSalary() ? 1 : -1;
            }

        };

        //sorting based on comparator
        Collections.sort(mylist, myvalucomp);

       
        //LinkedHashMap -- as it maintains the order
        Map<String, Employee> sortedMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        sortedMap = mylist.stream()
                .collect(Collectors.toMap(Entry::getKey, Entry::getValue, (e1, e2) -> e1, LinkedHashMap::new));

        // sorted by values

        sortedMap.forEach((k, v) -> {
            System.out.println("The key is " + k + " values " + v);
        });

    }

    public static Map<String, Employee> getEmpData() {
        String proj1[] = { "Singtel", "Ericson", "STC", "TM" };
        String proj2[] = { "Singtel", "Cisco", "STC", "TM" };
        String proj3[] = { "STC", "TM" };
        Map<String, Employee> empData = new HashMap<>();
        empData.put("1234", new Employee("Ramakanth", 31000d, "SMP", 27, proj1));
        empData.put("112", new Employee("Sanjay", 40000d, "IOT", 27, proj1));
        empData.put("578", new Employee("Anil", 50000d, "SMP", 28, proj3));
        empData.put("889", new Employee("Raju", 30000d, "SMP", 27, proj2));
        empData.put("762", new Employee("Vijay", 20000d, "IOT", 32, proj1));
        empData.put("687", new Employee("Eswar", 27000d, "SMP", 30, proj2));
        empData.put("579", new Employee("Satish", 21000d, "ADP", 26, proj3));

        return empData;
    }
}

class Employee {

    private String name;
    private Double salary;
    private String Dept;
    private Integer age;
    private String[] projects;
//getters and setters

}