Answer:

Yes. So an array of String references can be sorted.

String Sorting Program

Here is a program that demonstrates how sort() is used with an array of String references. The

import java.util.Arrays;

class ArrayDemoTwo
{
  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    String[] animals = {"bat", "fox", "gnu", "eel", "ant", "dog", "fox", "gnat" };
    
    System.out.print("Scrambled array:  ");
    for ( int j=0; j < animals.length; j++ )
      System.out.print( animals[j] + " ");
      
    System.out.println();
    
    Arrays.sort( animals );
    
    System.out.print("Sorted    array:  ");
    for ( int j=0; j < animals.length; j++ )
      System.out.print( animals[j] + " ");
      
    System.out.println();
       
  }
}

The output of the program is:

Scrambled array:  bat fox gnu eel ant dog fox gnat
Sorted    array:  ant bat dog eel fox fox gnat gnu

QUESTION 14:

What is required if sort() is to be used with a class that you define?