ca.ualberta.cs.poker
Class Hand

java.lang.Object
  ca.ualberta.cs.poker.Hand

public class Hand
extends java.lang.Object

Stores a Hand of Cards (up to a maximum of 7)

Author:

Aaron Davidson

Field Summary

static int

MAX_CARDS

Constructor Summary

Hand()

Hand(Hand h)
Duplicate an existing hand.

Hand(java.lang.String cs)

Method Summary

boolean	addCard(Card c) Add a card to the hand.
boolean	addCard(int i) Add a card to the hand.
Card	getCard(int pos) Get the a specified card in the hand
int[]	getCardArray() Obtain the array of card indexes for this hand.
void	makeEmpty() Remove the all cards from the hand.
void	removeCard() Remove the last card in the hand.
void	setCard(int pos, Card c) Add a card to the hand.
int	size() Get the size of the hand.
void	sort() Bubble Sort the hand to have cards in descending order, but card index.
java.lang.String	toString() Get a string representation of this Hand.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_CARDS

public static final int MAX_CARDS

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Hand

public Hand()

Hand

public Hand(java.lang.String cs)

Parameters:

cs - A string representing a Hand of cards

Hand

public Hand(Hand h)

Duplicate an existing hand.

Parameters:

h - the hand to clone.

Method Detail

size

public int size()

Get the size of the hand.

Returns:

the number of cards in the hand

removeCard

public void removeCard()

Remove the last card in the hand.

makeEmpty

public void makeEmpty()

Remove the all cards from the hand.

addCard

public boolean addCard(Card c)

Add a card to the hand. (if there is room)

Parameters:

c - the card to add

Returns:

true if the card was added, false otherwise

addCard

public boolean addCard(int i)

Add a card to the hand. (if there is room)

Parameters:

i - the index value of the card to add

Returns:

true if the card was added, false otherwise

getCard

public Card getCard(int pos)

Get the a specified card in the hand

Parameters:

pos - the position (1..n) of the card in the hand

Returns:

the card at position pos

setCard

public void setCard(int pos,
                    Card c)

Add a card to the hand. (if there is room)

Parameters:

c - the card to add

getCardArray

public int[] getCardArray()

Obtain the array of card indexes for this hand. First element contains the size of the hand.

Returns:

array of card indexs (size = MAX_CARDS+1)

sort

public void sort()

Bubble Sort the hand to have cards in descending order, but card index. Used for database indexing.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Get a string representation of this Hand.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object