poker

Class Card

java.lang.Object

poker.Card

public class Card
extends java.lang.Object

An immutable class representing a playing card from a standard deck. Each card has a value and a suit.

Author:

Fawzi Emad (c) 2008 with modifications by Evan Golub 2013-2016

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Card(int value, int suit) Standard constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
java.lang.String	getImageFileName() Used for finding the image corresponding to this Card. STUDENTS: There is no reason you would ever need this, it's here for the GUI's use only.
int	getSuit() "Getter" for suit of Card.
int	getValue() "Getter" for value of Card.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the name of the card as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Card

public Card(int value,
            int suit)

Standard constructor.

Parameters:

value - 1 through 9; 1 represents Ace, 2 through 9 for numerical cards

suit - 0 through 4; represents Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, or Stars

Method Detail

getValue

public int getValue()

"Getter" for value of Card.

Returns:

value of card (1-9; 1 for Ace, 2-9 for numerical cards

getSuit

public int getSuit()

"Getter" for suit of Card.

Returns:

suit of card (0-4; 0 for Spades, 1 for Hearts, 2 for Clubs, 3 for Diamonds, 4 for Stars)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the name of the card as a String. For example, the 2 of Hearts would be "2 of h", and the 9 of Spades would be "9 of s".

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

string that looks like: value "of" suit

getImageFileName

public java.lang.String getImageFileName()

Used for finding the image corresponding to this Card. STUDENTS: There is no reason you would ever need this, it's here for the GUI's use only.

Returns:

path of image file corresponding to this Card.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object