Returns the maximum element of the given collection, according to the
natural ordering of its elements. All elements in the
collection must implement the Comparable interface.
Furthermore, all elements in the collection must be mutually
comparable (that is, e1.compareTo(e2) must not throw a
ClassCastException for any elements e1 and
e2 in the collection).
This method iterates over the entire collection, hence it requires time proportional to the size of the collection.
<T> | the class of the objects in the collection | |
coll | the collection whose maximum element is to be determined. |
ClassCastException | if the collection contains elements that are not mutually comparable (for example, strings and integers). | |
NoSuchElementException | if the collection is empty. |
Comparable
Diagram: Collections