garrettsmith.playingcards
Class Card

java.lang.Object
  garrettsmith.playingcards.Card

public final class Card
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a card in a typical deck of playing cards. Card is immutable, and, therefore, thread safe.

Since:

Blackjack v1.0

Version:

Blackjack v1.0

Author:

Garrett Smith, gsmith at northwestern dot edu

Nested Class Summary

static class	Card.Color Represents the card's color: red, black, or none.
static class	Card.Suit Represents a card's suit, such as spades or clubs.
static class	Card.Value Represents a card's value: two, queen, or ace, for example.

Constructor Summary

Card()
Creates a joker.

Card(Card.Value value, Card.Suit suit)
Creates a new card with the specified suit and value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Returns whether the object referred to in the object parameter is equal to this instance.
Card.Color	getColor() Returns a string representation of this card's color.
Card.Suit	getSuit() Returns the card's suit.
Card.Value	getValue() Returns the card's value.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash value for this card.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation this card's state.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Card

public Card()

Creates a joker.

Card

public Card(Card.Value value,
            Card.Suit suit)

Creates a new card with the specified suit and value.

Parameters:

suit - the card's suit, for example, hearts

value - the card's value, for example, a ten

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Returns whether the object referred to in the object parameter is equal to this instance.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

whether the two cards are the same.

getColor

public Card.Color getColor()

Returns a string representation of this card's color.

Returns:

a representation of this card's color.

getSuit

public Card.Suit getSuit()

Returns the card's suit.

Returns:

the card's suit.

getValue

public Card.Value getValue()

Returns the card's value.

Returns:

the card's value.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash value for this card.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a hash value for this object.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation this card's state.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

representing this card's state.