How do I sort very large files
That isn’t exactly a Java problem. You need to look into an efficient algorithm for sorting data that isn’t completely read into memory. A few adaptations to Merge-Sort can achieve this. Take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_sort and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_sorting Basically the idea here is to break the file into smaller pieces, sort them (either with … Read more