Class GameCard

java.lang.Object
  Card
      GameCard

public class GameCard
extends Card

Represents a playing card that can be either face up or face down. The playing card has a face value, a suit, and a suit color (red or black), Bugs: none known

Field Summary

static boolean	BLACK Represents the suit color black (for clubs and spades).
static boolean	RED Represents the suit color red (for diamonds and hearts).

Fields inherited from class Card

CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, SPADES

Constructor Summary

GameCard(Card card, boolean faceUp)
Constructs a GameCard object with the same face value and suit value as the Card object given.

GameCard(int face, int suit, boolean faceUp)
Constructs a GameCard object with the given face value and suit value.

Method Summary

void	flip() Flips the card, either from face up to face down or vice versa.
boolean	getSuitColor() Returns the suit color of the card.
boolean	isFaceUp() Returns true if the card is face up and false otherwise.
boolean	match(GameCard otherCard) Returns true if this card matches the given card and false otherwise.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representing the game card.

Methods inherited from class Card

getFace, getSuit

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

RED

public static final boolean RED

Represents the suit color red (for diamonds and hearts).

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Constant Field Values

BLACK

public static final boolean BLACK

Represents the suit color black (for clubs and spades).

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

GameCard

public GameCard(int face,
                int suit,
                boolean faceUp)

Constructs a GameCard object with the given face value and suit value. The card is face up if the value of faceUp is true and face down otherwise. The face value of the card is set to 1 if an invalid face value is given; the suit of the card is set to HEARTS if an invalid suit is given.

Parameters:

face - the face value of the card

suit - the suit of the card

faceUp - a boolean indicating if the card is face up

GameCard

public GameCard(Card card,
                boolean faceUp)

Constructs a GameCard object with the same face value and suit value as the Card object given. The game card is face up if the value of faceUp is true and face down otherwise.

Parameters:

card - the card whose face value and suit value to copy

faceUp - a boolean indicating if the card is face up

Method Detail

getSuitColor

public boolean getSuitColor()

Returns the suit color of the card.

Returns:

suit color (either GameCard.RED or GameCard.BLACK)

isFaceUp

public boolean isFaceUp()

Returns true if the card is face up and false otherwise.

Returns:

is the card face up?

flip

public void flip()

Flips the card, either from face up to face down or vice versa.

match

public boolean match(GameCard otherCard)

Returns true if this card matches the given card and false otherwise. Two cards match if they have the same face value and the same suit color.

Parameters:

otherCard - the card to compare

Returns:

true if the cards match, false otherwise

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representing the game card. If the card is face up, the string contains the face value and suit; if the card is face down, the string is "XXX".

Overrides:

toString in class Card

Returns:

string representation of the game card