Sorting Objects By Int

I have a List of a custom Object with an integer that keeps track of the score. How would I go about sorting this list so that they are placed with the scores going from greatest to least?

 

Use a sorted map or a sorted set:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedSet.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/SortedMap.html

 

socram8888
Can I have an example of how I would do this when comparing objects?

 

Code:

TreeMap<Integer, HighScore> highscores = new TreeMap<Integer, HighScore>();
highscores.put(1920, new HighScore("PlayerA", 1920));
highscores.put(2032, new HighScore("PlayerB", 2032));

// by default SortedMaps use natural (ie low to high ordering), so we have to use the desdendingIterator method
Iterator<HighScore> it = highscores.descendingIterator();
int scorecount = 1;
while (it.hasNext()) {
HighScore highscore = it.next();
System.out.println("Score #" + scorecount + ": " + highscore.getPlayer() + " with " + highscore.getScore() + " points");
scorecount++;
};

You can also use a TreeSet if HighScore implements Comparable, which is the function used to order the Map contents.