sorting - How to sort a LinkedHashMap by value in decreasing order in java stream?

Question

To sort it int ascending order I can use:

myMap.entrySet().stream()
    .sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByValue())
    .collect(Collectors.toMap(Entry::getKey, Entry::getValue));

How can I do it in decreasing order?

Answer 1

To sort in reverse order, pass Comparator.reverseOrder() as parameter to comparingByValue.

To get a LinkedHashMap, you must specifically request one with the 4-argument toMap(). If you don't specify what kind of a map you want, you will get whatever the default is, which currently happens to be a HashMap. Since HashMap doesn't preserve the order of elements, it will definitely not do for you.

myMap.entrySet().stream()
        .sorted(Map.Entry.comparingByValue(Comparator.reverseOrder()))
        .collect(Collectors.toMap(
                Map.Entry::getKey, 
                Map.Entry::getValue, 
                (x,y)-> {throw new AssertionError();},
                LinkedHashMap::new
        ));

With static imports, it becomes a bit more pleasant:

myMap.entrySet().stream()
        .sorted(comparingByValue(reverseOrder()))
        .collect(toMap(
                Map.Entry::getKey, 
                Map.Entry::getValue, 
                (x,y)-> {throw new AssertionError();},
                LinkedHashMap::new
        ));