import java.util.*; public class NameComparatorSort { static final Comparator NameOrdering = new Comparator() { public int compare(Name n1, Name n2) { int cmp = n1.firstName().compareTo(n2.firstName() ); return (cmp != 0 ? cmp : n1.lastName().compareTo(n2.lastName() )); } }; public static void main(String[] args) { Name nameArray[] = { new Name("John", "Smith"), new Name("Karl", "Ng"), new Name("Jeff", "Smith"), new Name("Tom", "Rich") }; Collections.sort(Arrays.asList(nameArray), NameOrdering); for(Name n: nameArray) System.out.println(n); } }