cannot be cast to java.lang.Comparable
<pre><code>import java.util.HashMap;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Fegan implements Comparable{
HashMap&lt;String, Integer&gt; cart = new HashMap&lt;String, Integer&gt;();
List list = new ArrayList&lt;FoodItems&gt;();
int x =0;
public void addToCart(FoodItems f)
{
    cart.put(f.name, f.valueOfFood);
}
public String display(FoodItems f)
{
    return(f.name + " costs " + f.valueOfFood);
}
public void addToList(FoodItems f)
{
    //FoodItems temp = (FoodItems) f;
    list.add(f);
}
public int compareTo(Object o)
{
    //FoodItems temp = (FoodItems) o;
    if(this.x == ((FoodItems)o).valueOfFood)
        return 0;
    else if (this.x &lt;((FoodItems)o).valueOfFood)
        return 1;
    else 
        return -1;
}
public void sortMap(List list)
{
    for(int i =0; i&lt; list.size(); i++)
    {
        FoodItems temp = (FoodItems) list.get(i);
        cart.put(temp.name, temp.valueOfItem);

    }
}
}
</code></pre>

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<pre><code>import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Test {
public static void main(String [] args)
{
    HashMap&lt;String, Integer&gt; cart = new HashMap&lt;String, Integer&gt;();
    FoodItems firts = new FoodItems("Chocolate" , 50);
    FoodItems second = new FoodItems("Juice", 79);
    FoodItems third = new FoodItems("Apple", 200);
    FoodItems forth = new FoodItems("Orange", 300);
    FoodItems fifth = new FoodItems("Milk" , 400);
    ArrayList items = new ArrayList();
    items.add(firts);
    items.add(second);
    items.add(third);
    items.add(forth);
    items.add(fifth);
    Collections.sort(items);
    Iterator itr = items.iterator();
    Fegan myFegan = new Fegan();
    myFegan.sortMap(items);

    while(itr.hasNext()){
        Object element = itr.next();
        System.out.println(element + "\n");
    }
}
}
</code></pre>

<p>Why it is writting </p>

<pre><code>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: FoodItems cannot be cast to java.lang.Comparable
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.countRunAndMakeAscending(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.ComparableTimSort.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Arrays.sort(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Collections.sort(Unknown Source)
at Test.main(Test.java:21)
</code></pre>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
