Java 8 Stream - Sort List of String objects in Descending Order Example

In this source code example, we will use Java 8 stream API to sort a List of string objects in descending order with an example.

Sort List of String objects in Descending order using Java 8 Stream APIs

This example demonstrates different ways to sort List of String objects in descending order using Java 8 Stream APIs:

import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

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

        List < String > fruits = new ArrayList < String > ();
        fruits.add("Banana");
        fruits.add("Apple");
        fruits.add("Mango");
        fruits.add("Orange");

        // descending order
        List < String > sortedList3 = fruits.stream().sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder()).collect(Collectors.toList());
        System.out.println(sortedList3);

        List < String > sortedList4 = fruits.stream().sorted((o1, o2) - > o2.compareTo(o1)).collect(Collectors.toList());
        System.out.println(sortedList4);
    }
}

Output:

[Orange, Mango, Banana, Apple]
[Orange, Mango, Banana, Apple]

Reference

https://www.javaguides.net/2020/04/java-sort-list-arraylist-in-ascending-and-descending-order-using-stream-api.html