title: How to use the Comparable CompareTo on Strings in Java
body: <p>I can use it to sort by emp id but I'm not sure if it is possible to compare strings. I get an error the operator is undefined for strings.</p>
  
  <pre><code>public int compareTo(Emp i) {
              if (this.getName() == ((Emp ) i).getName())
                  return 0;
              else if ((this.getName()) &gt; ((Emp ) i).getName())
                  return 1;
              else
                  return -1;
  </code></pre>