Comparator 是一个比较器，而Comparable是支持排序的一个标识，如果某一个类实现了Comparable则表示类支持排序，且排序方式为‘接口提供’。
Comparator是一个比较器， 相当与一个自定义的比较方式,所以不能运用在通用工具中，一般地， 我们使用比较器来比较两个对象的时候，需要借用外部力量，比如内部类实现Comparator，提供compare方法实现。

当我们在后期才会考虑到该类对象需要排序的时候，那么我们可以考虑使用Comparator 自定义个比较器，然后达到排序的目的， 比如String 的忽略大小写比较字符串.

/**
     * A Comparator that orders <code>String</code> objects as by
     * <code>compareToIgnoreCase</code>. This comparator is serializable.
     * <p>
     * Note that this Comparator does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
     * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
     * The java.text package provides <em>Collators</em> to allow
     * locale-sensitive ordering.
     *
     * @see     java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)
     * @since   1.2
     */
    public static final Comparator<String> CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER
                                         = new CaseInsensitiveComparator();
    private static class CaseInsensitiveComparator
                         implements Comparator<String>, java.io.Serializable {
    // use serialVersionUID from JDK 1.2.2 for interoperability
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 8575799808933029326L;

        public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
            int n1=s1.length(), n2=s2.length();
            for (int i1=0, i2=0; i1<n1 && i2<n2; i1++, i2++) {
                char c1 = s1.charAt(i1);
                char c2 = s2.charAt(i2);
                if (c1 != c2) {
                    c1 = Character.toUpperCase(c1);
                    c2 = Character.toUpperCase(c2);
                    if (c1 != c2) {
                        c1 = Character.toLowerCase(c1);
                        c2 = Character.toLowerCase(c2);
                        if (c1 != c2) {
                            return c1 - c2;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return n1 - n2;
        }
    }


//called
/**
     * Compares two strings lexicographically, ignoring case
     * differences. This method returns an integer whose sign is that of
     * calling <code>compareTo</code> with normalized versions of the strings
     * where case differences have been eliminated by calling
     * <code>Character.toLowerCase(Character.toUpperCase(character))</code> on
     * each character.
     * <p>
     * Note that this method does <em>not</em> take locale into account,
     * and will result in an unsatisfactory ordering for certain locales.
     * The java.text package provides <em>collators</em> to allow
     * locale-sensitive ordering.
     *
     * @param   str   the <code>String</code> to be compared.
     * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as the
     *      specified String is greater than, equal to, or less
     *      than this String, ignoring case considerations.
     * @see     java.text.Collator#compare(String, String)
     * @since   1.2
     */
    public int compareToIgnoreCase(String str) {
        return CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER.compare(this, str);
    }