Class cast Exception while using Comparable interface

Question

When I am trying to execute the below code,the compiler is throwing error at line 13 as "java.lang.ClassCastException". Can someone let me know what's wrong with below code?

package chapter11;

import java.util.*;

public class ComparableExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        Item[] items = new Item[3];
        items[0] = new Item(102, "Duct Tape");
        items[1] = new Item(103, "Bailing Wire");
        items[2] = new Item(104, "Chewing Gum");

        Arrays.sort(items);
        for (Item i : items) {
            System.out.println(i.getNumber() + ":" + i.getDescription());
        }
    }
}

interface Comparable {
    int compareTo(Object o);
}

class Item implements Comparable {
    private int number;
    private String description;

    public Item(int number, String description) {
        this.number = number;
        this.description = description;
    }

    public int getNumber() {
        return number;
    }

    public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

    public int compareTo(Object o) {
        Item i = (Item) o;
        if (this.getNumber() < i.getNumber())
            return -1;
        if (this.getNumber() < i.getNumber())
            return 1;
        return 0;
    }
}

Any help is appreciated, Thanks!!

Answer 1

Remove your Comparable interface, and use the Comparable interface from the Java api. And also, maybe you can change

public int compareTo(Object o) {
        Item i = (Item) o;
        if (this.getNumber() < i.getNumber())
            return -1;
        if (this.getNumber() < i.getNumber())
            return 1;
        return 0;
    }

into :

public int compareTo(Object o) {
            Item i = (Item) o;
            if (this.getNumber() < i.getNumber())
                return -1;
            if (this.getNumber() > i.getNumber())
                return 1;
            return 0;
        }