I've been searching for a while on how to sort a JSON object like this. It has a lot of attributes but I'm just trying to sort the objects into alphabetical order by "name":

I'm really new to java so you have any information to get started that'll be great!

//update:

So I figured out how to extract the attributes of each restaurant and now I'm trying to implement a comparator to sort the json objects but I'm confused on how to call the comparator and what arg to input

This is the comparator I'm using (got it from the internet)

```
public class AlphabeticalComparator  implements Comparator<String> {
        public int compare(String obj1, String obj2) {
            if (obj1 == null) {
                return -1;
            }
            if (obj2 == null) {
                return 1;
            }
            if (obj1.equals( obj2 )) {
                return 0;
            }
            return obj1.compareTo(obj2);
        }
    }

```

I'm also a little confused on how this sorts the objects since it will only return an integer. The json object im trying to sort is below

This is the JSON Object I get in response when I connect to the zomato API

``

```
{
  "results_found": 10573,
  "results_start": 0,
  "results_shown": 20,
  "restaurants": [
    {
      "restaurant": {
        "R": {
          "res_id": 16795271
        },
        "apikey": "fa221c30c201daf8380ac435cedfebe9",
        "id": "16795271",
        "name": "Craigie On Main", //This is what I want to sort it by
        "url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/craigie-on-main-cambridge?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "location": {
          "address": "853 Main St, Cambridge 02139",
          "locality": "Central Square",
          "city": "Boston",
          "city_id": 289,
          "latitude": "42.3634820000",
          "longitude": "-71.0985660000",
          "zipcode": "02139",
          "country_id": 216,
          "locality_verbose": "Central Square, Boston"
        },
        "switch_to_order_menu": 0,
        "cuisines": "European, French",
        "average_cost_for_two": 275,
        "price_range": 4,
        "currency": "$",
        "offers": [],
        "thumb": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16795271_CHAIN_bd36a0893cde3f70ab4a67f1e086d5f5.jpg?fit=around%7C200%3A200&crop=200%3A200%3B%2A%2C%2A",
        "user_rating": {
          "aggregate_rating": "4.2",
          "rating_text": "Very Good",
          "rating_color": "5BA829",
          "votes": "342"
        },
        "photos_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/craigie-on-main-cambridge/photos?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1#tabtop",
        "menu_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/craigie-on-main-cambridge/menu?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1&openSwipeBox=menu&showMinimal=1#tabtop",
        "featured_image": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16795271_CHAIN_bd36a0893cde3f70ab4a67f1e086d5f5.jpg",
        "has_online_delivery": 0,
        "is_delivering_now": 0,
        "deeplink": "zomato://restaurant/16795271",
        "has_table_booking": 0,
        "events_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/craigie-on-main-cambridge/events#tabtop?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "establishment_types": []
      }
    },
    {
      "restaurant": {
        "R": {
          "res_id": 16798941
        },
        "apikey": "fa221c30c201daf8380ac435cedfebe9",
        "id": "16798941",
        "name": "O Ya",
        "url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/o-ya-boston?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "location": {
          "address": "9 East St, Boston 02111",
          "locality": "Leather District",
          "city": "Boston",
          "city_id": 289,
          "latitude": "42.3513170000",
          "longitude": "-71.0570370000",
          "zipcode": "02111",
          "country_id": 216,
          "locality_verbose": "Leather District, Boston"
        },
        "switch_to_order_menu": 0,
        "cuisines": "Japanese, Sushi",
        "average_cost_for_two": 275,
        "price_range": 4,
        "currency": "$",
        "offers": [],
        "thumb": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16798941_CHAIN_d58be7a0f56ad4fbad498ba65b746a67.jpg?fit=around%7C200%3A200&crop=200%3A200%3B%2A%2C%2A",
        "user_rating": {
          "aggregate_rating": "4.3",
          "rating_text": "Very Good",
          "rating_color": "5BA829",
          "votes": "192"
        },
        "photos_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/o-ya-boston/photos?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1#tabtop",
        "menu_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/o-ya-boston/menu?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1&openSwipeBox=menu&showMinimal=1#tabtop",
        "featured_image": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16798941_CHAIN_d58be7a0f56ad4fbad498ba65b746a67.jpg?output-format=webp",
        "has_online_delivery": 0,
        "is_delivering_now": 0,
        "deeplink": "zomato://restaurant/16798941",
        "has_table_booking": 0,
        "events_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/o-ya-boston/events#tabtop?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "establishment_types": []
      }
    },
    {
      "restaurant": {
        "R": {
          "res_id": 16798079
        },
        "apikey": "fa221c30c201daf8380ac435cedfebe9",
        "id": "16798079",
        "name": "Solea Restaurant and Tapas Bar",
        "url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/solea-restaurant-and-tapas-bar-waltham?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "location": {
          "address": "388 Moody St, Waltham 02453",
          "locality": "Waltham",
          "city": "Boston",
          "city_id": 289,
          "latitude": "42.3695490000",
          "longitude": "-71.2370130000",
          "zipcode": "02453",
          "country_id": 216,
          "locality_verbose": "Waltham, Boston"
        },
        "switch_to_order_menu": 0,
        "cuisines": "Spanish, Tapas",
        "average_cost_for_two": 275,
        "price_range": 4,
        "currency": "$",
        "offers": [],
        "thumb": "",
        "user_rating": {
          "aggregate_rating": "4.2",
          "rating_text": "Very Good",
          "rating_color": "5BA829",
          "votes": "303"
        },
        "photos_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/solea-restaurant-and-tapas-bar-waltham/photos?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1#tabtop",
        "menu_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/solea-restaurant-and-tapas-bar-waltham/menu?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1&openSwipeBox=menu&showMinimal=1#tabtop",
        "featured_image": "",
        "has_online_delivery": 0,
        "is_delivering_now": 0,
        "deeplink": "zomato://restaurant/16798079",
        "has_table_booking": 0,
        "events_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/solea-restaurant-and-tapas-bar-waltham/events#tabtop?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "establishment_types": []
      }
    },
"restaurant": {
        "R": {
          "res_id": 16796139
        },
        "apikey": "fa221c30c201daf8380ac435cedfebe9",
        "id": "16796139",
        "name": "Harvest",
        "url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/harvest-cambridge?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "location": {
          "address": "44 Brattle St, Cambridge 02138",
          "locality": "Harvard Square",
          "city": "Boston",
          "city_id": 289,
          "latitude": "42.3742680000",
          "longitude": "-71.1219960000",
          "zipcode": "02138",
          "country_id": 216,
          "locality_verbose": "Harvard Square, Boston"
        },
        "switch_to_order_menu": 0,
        "cuisines": "American, Breakfast",
        "average_cost_for_two": 275,
        "price_range": 4,
        "currency": "$",
        "offers": [],
        "thumb": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16796139_RESTAURANT_4f9960714d6bd153a4571dd062c4ff45.jpg?fit=around%7C200%3A200&crop=200%3A200%3B%2A%2C%2A",
        "user_rating": {
          "aggregate_rating": "3.9",
          "rating_text": "Good",
          "rating_color": "9ACD32",
          "votes": "190"
        },
        "photos_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/harvest-cambridge/photos?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1#tabtop",
        "menu_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/harvest-cambridge/menu?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1&openSwipeBox=menu&showMinimal=1#tabtop",
        "featured_image": "https://b.zmtcdn.com/data/res_imagery/16796139_RESTAURANT_4f9960714d6bd153a4571dd062c4ff45.jpg",
        "has_online_delivery": 0,
        "is_delivering_now": 0,
        "deeplink": "zomato://restaurant/16796139",
        "has_table_booking": 0,
        "events_url": "https://www.zomato.com/boston/harvest-cambridge/events#tabtop?utm_source=api_basic_user&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=v2.1",
        "establishment_types": []
      }
    },

```