Sorting an array of objects
 

Ok this one has me pretty stumped for something that should seem very simple.

SO i have an object[] that i need to sort by in alabetical order by the String returned by object.getName(). I suspose this can be done some how by using Arrays.sort(object[], Comparator c) but i have no idea how i would go about that.

I the only reason i really want the array sorted it just so i can save processing power by using a binary search later on rather then brute forcing the hell out of the array.

You could just implement one of the more efficient sort algorithms, like merge sort or quicksort. It doesn't require much effort.

Create a class, say ObjectNameComparator, that extends Comparator and implements public int compare(Object obj1, Object obj2) and returns -1 if obj1 is larger than obj2, 0 if they are the same, and 1 if obj1 is smaller.

In your main method, import java.util.Arrays. Create a new instance of ObjectNameComparator. Sort the array object[] using Arrays.sort(object, new ObjectNameComparator()).