From 027cbaf9f99beca000ee3a3e9fe58f49e6c2f77d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "press0@gmail.com" <press0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 21:41:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] simplify with comparingByValue()

---
 .../java/com/baeldung/map/mapmax/MapMax.java     | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/mapmax/MapMax.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/mapmax/MapMax.java
index 8c33c857ee..99b57b398a 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/mapmax/MapMax.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-maps-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/map/mapmax/MapMax.java
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package com.baeldung.map.mapmax;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class MapMax {
 
@@ -34,15 +38,14 @@ public class MapMax {
 
     public <K, V extends Comparable<V>> V maxUsingCollectionsMaxAndLambda(Map<K, V> map) {
 
-        Entry<K, V> maxEntry = Collections.max(map.entrySet(), (Entry<K, V> e1, Entry<K, V> e2) -> e1.getValue()
-            .compareTo(e2.getValue()));
+        Entry<K, V> maxEntry = Collections.max(map.entrySet(), Entry.comparingByValue());
 
         return maxEntry.getValue();
     }
 
     public <K, V extends Comparable<V>> V maxUsingCollectionsMaxAndMethodReference(Map<K, V> map) {
 
-        Entry<K, V> maxEntry = Collections.max(map.entrySet(), Comparator.comparing(Map.Entry::getValue));
+        Entry<K, V> maxEntry = Collections.max(map.entrySet(), Entry.comparingByValue());
 
         return maxEntry.getValue();
     }
@@ -51,8 +54,7 @@ public class MapMax {
 
         Optional<Entry<K, V>> maxEntry = map.entrySet()
             .stream()
-            .max((Entry<K, V> e1, Entry<K, V> e2) -> e1.getValue()
-                .compareTo(e2.getValue()));
+            .max(Entry.comparingByValue());
 
         return maxEntry.get()
             .getValue();
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ public class MapMax {
 
         Optional<Entry<K, V>> maxEntry = map.entrySet()
             .stream()
-            .max(Comparator.comparing(Map.Entry::getValue));
+            .max(Entry.comparingByValue());
 
         return maxEntry.get()
             .getValue();