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Class Card

java.lang.Object
  blackjackanalyst.Card

public class Card
extends java.lang.Object

A card, specified by its rank and suit.

Author:

Michael Parker

Nested Class Summary

static class	Card.Rank The rank of a card.
static class	Card.Suit The suit of a card.

Field Summary

static int	CARD_RANKS The number of card ranks.
static int	CARD_SUITS The number of card suits.
static int	CARDS_PER_DECK The number of cards per deck.

Method Summary

static Card	getCard(Card.Rank _card_rank, Card.Suit _card_suit) Returns the Card object having the given suit and rank.
static Card	getCard(int card_id) Returns the Card having the given unique numerical identifier.
int	getID() Returns the unique numerical identifier of this card.
Card.Rank	getRank() Returns the rank of this card.
Card.Suit	getSuit() Returns the suit of this card.
int	getValue() Returns the value of the card.
boolean	isAce() Returns whether this card is an ace.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CARD_SUITS

public static final int CARD_SUITS

The number of card suits.

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Constant Field Values

CARD_RANKS

public static final int CARD_RANKS

The number of card ranks.

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Constant Field Values

CARDS_PER_DECK

public static final int CARDS_PER_DECK

The number of cards per deck.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getCard

public static Card getCard(Card.Rank _card_rank,
                           Card.Suit _card_suit)

Returns the Card object having the given suit and rank.

Parameters:

_card_rank - the rank of the card to retrieve

_card_suit - the suit of the card to retrieve

Returns:

the Card object having the given rank and suit

getCard

public static Card getCard(int card_id)

Returns the Card having the given unique numerical identifier.

Parameters:

card_id - the numerical identifier of the card

Returns:

the card having the given numerical identifier

getRank

public final Card.Rank getRank()

Returns the rank of this card.

Returns:

the card rank

getSuit

public final Card.Suit getSuit()

Returns the suit of this card.

Returns:

the card suit

getValue

public int getValue()

Returns the value of the card. If the rank of the card is an ace, this method returns 1.

Returns:

the value of the card

isAce

public boolean isAce()

Returns whether this card is an ace.

Returns:

true if this card is an ace, false otherwise

getID

public int getID()

Returns the unique numerical identifier of this card.

Returns:

the identifying card number

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object