Hi,
compareTo method is declared as final in Enums so you cannot override it. The default compareTo method is comparing the ordinals ( the order they are defined ) in the Enum. If you want to compare your enums based on name what you can do is, writing your own comparator and use it. For example:
public enum Category {
Technology,
Banking,
....
}
public class CategoryComparator implements Comparator<Category> {
public int compare(Category o1, Category o2) {
Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(new Locale("tr"));
return collator.compare(o1.name(), o2.name());
}
}
and use it in your sort method like :
Collections.sort(categories,new CategoryComparator());
and that is it.
if you want to know why I used Collator to compare check here
