Java Collections max() Method

The max() is a Java Collections class method which returns the maximum value for the given inputs. All elements in the collection must implement the Comparable interface. There is two different types of Java max() method which can be differentiated depending on its parameter. These are:

Java Collections max(coll) Method
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Java Collections max(coll) Method

The max() method of Java Collections class is used to get the maximum element of the given collection, according to the natural ordering of its elements.

Java Collections max(coll, comp) Method

The max() method of Java Collections class is used to get the maximum element of the given collection, according to the order induced by the specified comparator.

Syntax

Following is the declaration of max() method:

  public static <T extends Object & Comparable<? super T>> T max(Collection<? extends T> coll)    public static <T> T max(Collection<? extends T> coll, Comparator<? super T> comp)  

Parameter

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
coll	It is the collection whose maximum element is to be determined.	Required
comp	It is the comparator with which we determine the maximum element.	Required

Returns

Method	Returns
max(Collection<? extends T> coll)	It returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the natural ordering of its elements.
max(Collection<? extends T> coll, Comparator<? super T> comp)	It returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the order of the specified comparable.

Exceptions

The max() method throws the following exceptions-

ClassCastException– It throws this exception if the collection contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers).

NoSuchElementException– It throws this exception if the collection is empty.

Compatibility Version

Java 1.4 and above

Example 1

  import java.util.*;  public class CollectionsMaxExample1 {  public static void main(String[] args) {  //Create collection            List list = new ArrayList();              //Add values in the list        list.add(“A”);        list.add(“B”);        list.add(“E”);        list.add(“C”);        list.add(“S”);                  //Comparing using order of the specified comparable        System.out.println(“Max val: ” + Collections.max(list,null));         }  }  

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Output:

Max val: S

Example 2

  import java.util.*;  public class CollectionsMaxExample2 {  public static void main(String[] args) {  //Create collections lists    List list = Arrays.asList(20, 10, 100, 140, 250);              Integer max = Collections.max(list);              System.out.println(“Maximum element is: “+max);        }  }  

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Output:

Maximum element is: 250

Example 3

  import java.util.*;  public class CollectionsMaxExample3 {  public static void main(String[] args) {  //Create collections lists    List list = Arrays.asList(201, 101, 1001, 140, 2501);              //Comparing using order of the specified comparable              Integer max = Collections.max(list, Collections.reverseOrder());              System.out.println(“Output: “+max);        }  }  

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Output:

Output: 101

Example 4

  import java.util.*;  public class CollectionsMaxExample4 {  public static void main(String[] args) {  //Create collection            List list = new ArrayList();              //Add values in the list        list.add(“Java”);        list.add(“COBOL”);        list.add(“PHP”);        list.add(“Ruby”);        list.add(“XML”);                  //Comparing using natural ordering        System.out.println(“Maximum Element is: ” + Collections.max(list));        List iList = Arrays.asList(-20, -10, -100, -140, -250);              Integer max = Collections.max(iList);              System.out.println(“Maximum Value is: “+max);              }  }  

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Output:

Maximum Element is: XML  Maximum Value is: -10

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