How does Java’s PriorityQueue differ from a min-heap?

The default PriorityQueue is implemented with Min-Heap, that is the top element is the minimum one in the heap.

In order to implement a max-heap, you can create your own Comparator:

import java.util.Comparator;

public class MyComparator implements Comparator<Integer>
{
    public int compare( Integer x, Integer y )
    {
        return y - x;
    }
}

So, you can create a min-heap and max-heap in the following way:

PriorityQueue minHeap=new PriorityQueue();
PriorityQueue maxHeap=new PriorityQueue(size, new MyComparator());