Problem overring equals, hashcode on a LinkedHashMap

Question

Hello,
I have a "LinkedHashMap<MyObject, Integer> mymap;
now I filled it and I want to keep the order of insertion;
{code}
class MyObject {
public Map<String,Integer> names = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
{code}
after that I created a new MyObject ob; filled its names and then I wanted to see if it was inside my map; it was actually there, but the MyObject contained within myMap had the <String, integer> in names in a different order; so it failed; BUT I wouldn't like this. Can I change the override to equals? How? I generate if by Eclipse.
thanks.

Answer 1

Here's what I would have done in the good ol' days.
import java.lang.Comparable;
import java.util.Date;
public class MyObject implements Comparable
  protected Date dateInserted = new Date();
  public Date getDateInserted()
    return dateInserted;
  public int compareTo(Object obj)
    MyObject mo = (MyObject)obj;
    return dateInserted.compareTo(mo.getDateInserted());
}Then make a MyObject[] myObjects, then call Arrays.sort(myObjects).
import java.util.Arrays;
public class test
  public static void main(String[] args)
    MyObject[] myObjects = new MyObject[10];
    // create instances.
    Arrays.sort(myObjects);
    // use sorted instances.
}