How to sort an array in reverse order using Collections.reverseOrder().

Following example shows how to sort elements of an array in reverse order using reverseOrder() method of Collections class and sort() method of Arrays class in java.util.package .

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;

public class ArrayReverse{
public static void main(String args[]){

   Integer[] intArray = new Integer[7];
  
   intArray[0]=new Integer(3);
   intArray[1]=new Integer(2);
   intArray[2]=new Integer(5);
   intArray[3]=new Integer(7);
   intArray[4]=new Integer(1);
   intArray[5]=new Integer(4);
   intArray[6]=new Integer(6);
  
  
    System.out.println("\n Elements of Array:\n");
    for(int i:intArray)
    System.out.print(i+" ,");

    System.out.println("\n Elements of Array (Sorted):\n");
    Arrays.sort(intArray);
   
    for(int i:intArray)
    System.out.print(i+" ,");

    Arrays.sort(intArray,Collections.reverseOrder());   
   
    System.out.println("\n Elements of Array (Sorted in REVERSE):\n");
   
    for(int i:intArray)
    System.out.print(i+" ,");

}
}

Output:
Elements of Array:
3 ,2 ,5 ,7 ,1 ,4 ,6 ,

Elements of Array (Sorted):
1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ,

Elements of Array (Sorted in REVERSE):
7 ,6 ,5 ,4 ,3 ,2 ,1 ,

Note:Arrays.sort(intArray,Collections.reverseOrder()); cannot be used with array of primitives

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