How to sort list of Java object with multiple fields

Problem
Assume I have a Java bean which named Fms432fa

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@Data public class Fms432fa implements Serializable { // default serial version id, required for serializable classes. private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private BigDecimal befalc1; private String accyr; private String dataType; private String rptNo; private BigDecimal alc1; private BigDecimal alc2; private BigDecimal alc3; private BigDecimal alc4; private BigDecimal alc5; private BigDecimal alc6; private BigDecimal alc7; private BigDecimal alc8; private BigDecimal alc9; private BigDecimal alc10; private BigDecimal alc11; private BigDecimal alc12; private String userid; private String updDateTime; /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public String toString() { return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this); } }

If I have a List of Fms432fa, and I would like to sort it by accyr, dataType and rptNo. How to do it?

Solution
Utilize Google Guava to fulfill this sorting requirement

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Collections.sort(fms432fas, new Comparator<Fms432fa>() { @Override public int compare(Fms432fa o1, Fms432fa o2) { return ComparisonChain.start().compare(o1.getAccyr(), o2.getAccyr()) .compare(o1.getDataType(), o2.getDataType()) .compare(o1.getRptNo(), o2.getRptNo()).result(); } });

Reference
[1] http://blog.projectnibble.org/2013/06/21/ways-to-sort-lists-of-objects-in-java-based-on-multiple-fields/