Roster with Comparators

HW04-1 Roster with Comparators
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In a new Eclipse project, create class Student with these four instance variables:
String lastName, String firstName,
int studentID, and int birthDate [as YYYYMMDD [ e.g., 19980420].
Student should have a constructor with four parameters, four getters, and a toString().
[Use Eclipse “source” shortcuts to code all this FAST!]
Add a class Main with a main() driver that:
1. builds an ArrayList of called roster with, say, ten unique entries. Take care
that your sample data will be initially ordered so that each of the sorts will change the
original ordering.
2. defines five lambdas that use Comparator for ordering by:
lastname-ascending
birthdate-descending [youngest first]
studentID ascending, and
studentID-descending
–Challenge: check java api or some external reference and try to create a fifth lambda
using the Comparator interface to sort by birthdate-descending with lastnameascending as a secondary sort if birthdates are equal. Cite the reference you used to get
the syntax for this!
3. Invoke sorts with each of the Comparators, and for each, begin by outputting the
descriptive name of the Comparator (e.g., “by lastname-ascending”) then display the
results.
Note: Feel free to organize class Main with some methods like displayList(…), but don’t get
carried away. Key idea: “hardwire” each invocation of a sort –e.g.:
roster.sort(studentID_desending);
We don’t want an elaborate driver for this little exercise!
Deliverables: zip of completed Eclipse project and Word doc with screen shots showing output
from test run(s). Be sure to include the required Javadoc header declaring any collaboration on
this assignment.
OOPDA HW04-1 SP23
2/11/2023 1:27 PM