I would use TreeMap
, which implements SortedMap
. It is designed exactly for that.
Example:
Map<Integer, String> map = new TreeMap<Integer, String>();
// Add Items to the TreeMap
map.put(1, "One");
map.put(2, "Two");
map.put(3, "Three");
// Iterate over them
for (Map.Entry<Integer, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
System.out.println(entry.getKey() + " => " + entry.getValue());
}
See the Java tutorial page for SortedMap.
And here a list of tutorials related to TreeMap.