HashMap sorting

Question

I have a

HashMap<String,Integer> wordMap = new HashMap<String,Integer>();

I need to print the elements in such a way that they are in decreasing order of Integer values and the if two strings have same Integer values, they must be displayed in alphabetical order.
i.e If

HashMap={(it,2),(worst,1),(the,2),(of,2)}

,
The output should be::

it-2
of-2
the-2
worst-1

Answer 1

You could use a LinkedHashMap and compare the items' individual values, by starting with the item at index 0 as the baseline.