import java.util.*; import java.io.*; public class Jukebox5 { ArrayList songList = new ArrayList(); public static void main(String[] args) { new Jukebox5().go(); } class ArtistCompare implements Comparator { public int compare(Song one, Song two) { return one.getArtist().compareTo(two.getArtist()); } } public void go() { getSongs(); System.out.println(songList); Collections.sort(songList); // method sort() from the class Collectons System.out.println(songList); ArtistCompare artistCompare = new ArtistCompare(); Collections.sort(songList, artistCompare); System.out.println(songList); } void getSongs() { try { File file = new File("files/SongList.txt"); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file)); String line = null; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { addSong(line); } } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } void addSong(String lineToParse) { String[] tokens = lineToParse.split("/"); Song nextSong = new Song(tokens[0], tokens[1], tokens[2], tokens[3]); songList.add(nextSong); } }