i have a small problem, i don't know how to sort my jlist by status which is retrieved from database. i want sort by "online" and "offline", i mean online computers go first and then offline computers, i have this code now, it just makes the icon+text for the jlist Can you tell me how can i filter/sortby status? public void acx_pc(String query) { try { Statement st = con.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query); String comb; Map<Object, Icon> icons = new HashMap<>(); ArrayList<String> pc_list = new ArrayList<>(); int i = 0; while (rs.next()) { //Getting info from DB String pc_name = rs.getString("nombre_pc"); String pc_ip = rs.getString("IP"); String status = rs.getString("estado"); //Setting text for the jList comb = pc_name + " - " + pc_ip; //Comparing Status switch (status) { case "online": //This is just for rendering an image+text to Jlist icons.put(comb, new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/Imagenes/com_on_30x30.png"))); break; case "offline": //This is just for rendering an image to Jlist icons.put(comb, new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/Imagenes/com_off_30x30.png"))); break; } //Adding info to ArrayList pc_list.add(i, comb); i++; } con.close(); // Setting the list/text on Jlist Home.computer_jlist.setListData(pc_list.toArray()); // create a cell renderer to add the appropriate icon Home.computer_jlist.setCellRenderer(new pc_cell_render(icons)); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Error aqui: " + e); } } I want to do something like (should automatically order) http://imageshack.us/a/img27/9018/2mx1.png and not: http://imageshack.us/a/img407/346/e9r.png