http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2952732/samples-of-scala-and-java-code-where-scala-code-looks-simpler-has-fewer-linesJava 7:Collections.sort(people, new Comparator<Person>() {
public int compare(Person a, Person b) {
return a.getName().compare(b.getName());
}
});
Collections.sort(people, new Comparator<Person>() {
public int compare(Person a, Person b) {
return Integer.valueOf(a.getAge()).compare(b.getAge());
}
});Scala:val sortedPeople = people.sortBy(p => (p.name, p.age))Java 8:people.sort(Comparator.comparing(Person::getName).thenComparing(Person::getAge));