BE THE CODER > Java > Collections > Collection Min and Max

The following example shows how to use Collections min and max API. It returns the minimum/maximum element of the given collection, according to the natural ordering of its elements.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/utils/collections/CollectionsMinMax.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.utils.collections;



import java.util.Arrays;

import java.util.Collections;

import java.util.List;



public class CollectionsMinMax {



  public static void main (String [] args) {

    

    List<Integer> intList = Arrays.asList(new Integer [] {

        2, 9, 8, 4, 6, 0 

    });

    

    //Returns the maximum/minimum element of the given collection, 

    //according to the natural ordering of its elements.

    System.out.println("Max of " + intList + " is " + Collections.max(intList));

    System.out.println("Min of " + intList + " is " + Collections.min(intList));



    List<String> strList = Arrays.asList(new String [] {

        "A", "AN", "THE", "I", "WE"

    });

    

    System.out.println("Max of " + strList + " is " + Collections.max(strList));

    System.out.println("Min of " + strList + " is " + Collections.min(strList));

  }

}