The map implementation sorts by value ascending

 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static Map.Entry[] getSortedHashtableByValue(Map h) {
        Set set = h.entrySet();
        Map.Entry[] entries = (Map.Entry[]) set.toArray(new Map.Entry[set
                .size()]);
        Arrays.sort(entries, new Comparator() {
            public int compare(Object arg0, Object arg1) {
                Long key1 = Long.valueOf(((Map.Entry) arg0).getValue().toString());
                Long key2 = Long.valueOf(((Map.Entry) arg1).getValue().toString());
                return key1.compareTo(key2);
            }
        });
        return entries;
    }
 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static Map.Entry[] getSortedHashtableByKey(Map h) {
        Set set = h.entrySet();
        Map.Entry[] entries = (Map.Entry[]) set.toArray(new Map.Entry[set
                .size()]);
        Arrays.sort(entries, new Comparator() {
            public int compare(Object arg0, Object arg1) {
                Object key1 = ((Map.Entry) arg0).getKey();
                Object key2 = ((Map.Entry) arg1).getKey();
                return ((Comparable) key1).compareTo(key2);
            }
        });
        return entries;
    }