program4
Class GoFishCard

java.lang.Object
  program4.Card
      program4.GoFishCard

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<GoFishCard>

public class GoFishCard
extends Card
implements java.lang.Comparable<GoFishCard>

Title: The GoFishCard Class

Description: Defines the properties and behaviors of a GoFishcard.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2010

Author:

F. Graham

Constructor Summary

GoFishCard()
Default Constructor

GoFishCard(int n)
Constructor

GoFishCard(int r, int s)
Constructor

Method Summary

int	compareTo(GoFishCard otherCard)
static int	convertToRank(java.lang.String str) A static method that converts a string to a card's equivalent rank
boolean	equals(GoFishCard otherCard)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object otherCard)

Methods inherited from class program4.Card

compareByRank, compareBySuit, equals, getRank, getRankAsString, getSuit, getSuitAsString, setRank, setSuit, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GoFishCard

public GoFishCard()

Default Constructor

GoFishCard

public GoFishCard(int n)

Constructor

Parameters:

n - a number between 0 and 51 inclusive

GoFishCard

public GoFishCard(int r,
                  int s)

Constructor

Parameters:

r - - a rank (0 to 12) representing the Card's rank

s - - a suit (0 to 3) representing the Card's suit

Method Detail

compareTo

public int compareTo(GoFishCard otherCard)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<GoFishCard>

Parameters:

otherCard - - a GoFishCard

Returns:

-1 if this card's rank is lower than than other's,
0 if they are the same,
1 if this card's rank is higher than the other's

equals

public boolean equals(GoFishCard otherCard)

Parameters:

otherCard - - a GoFishCard

Returns:

Returns true if this card's rank is the same as otherCard's,
false otherwise

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object otherCard)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

otherCard - an Object

Returns:

Returns true if this card's rank is the same as otherCard's,
false otherwise

convertToRank

public static int convertToRank(java.lang.String str)

A static method that converts a string to a card's equivalent rank

Parameters:

str - - "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "J","Q", "K", "A"

Returns:

the equivalent rank (0 - 12)