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From Devaka's exam lab Simulator... i changed the Collection type from ArrayList to HashSet.. this code doesnt compile.. well.. i am sorting String elements here.. and it should be sorted.. but i get Compiler Error at invoke of Collections.sort() method

 
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1. What is the error message ? Isn't it explicit enough ?
2. Did you check the API of Collections#sort ? Does it allow to sort a Set ?
 
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its showing ke sort method is not found in java.util.Collections class...
 
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Christophe Verré wrote:2. Did you check the API of Collections#sort ? Does it allow to sort a Set ?


Did you do this??

mohammad shaid wrote:its showing ke sort method is not found in java.util.Collections class...


The word in the bold I suppose is in Hindi or something which means "that"...
 
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yea.. sorry.. thats a hindi word
 
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we cannot sort the Hashset using Collection.sort() as sort method does not accept the HashSet as parameter
I think you should look into the API
 
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