week2

Class Card

java.lang.Object

week2.Card

public class Card
extends java.lang.Object

Class for representing a playing card.

January 1999
Modified January 2014

Author:

Craig Miller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Card(char initRank, char initSuit)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
char	getRank()
int	getRankValue()
char	getSuit()
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Card

public Card(char initRank,
            char initSuit)

Parameters:

initRank - The initial rank should be one of the following characters: '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'T', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A'

initSuit - The initial suit should be one of the following characters: 'S', 'D', 'H', 'C'

Postcondition:

The card's values are set to initRank and initSuit.

Method Detail

getRank

public char getRank()

Returns:

The rank of the card.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

printable string display of card

getSuit

public char getSuit()

Returns:

The suit of the card.

getRankValue

public int getRankValue()

Returns:

The rank value, ranging from 2 to 14, of the card. The rank of the Ace ('A') is 14.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - Indicates that card is holding an illegal rank.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)