Java 8 sort list with stream.sorted() in reverse order

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package tmpOperations2;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;


public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("C", "A", "D", "B");

        System.out.println("Original list: " + list);  // [C, A, D, B]

        List<String> sorted = list
                .stream()
                .sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder())
                .collect(Collectors.toList());

        System.out.println("Sorted list:   " + sorted);  // [D, C, B, A]
    }
}