Class Foundation

java.lang.Object

CardStack

Foundation

public class Foundation
extends CardStack

A Foundation is a specialized card stack where a card may be added if (1) it is empty and the card is an ace or (2) it is not empty and the card is the same suit as the top card with the next higher rank. Cards may not be played from a Foundation.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class CardStack

stack

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Foundation()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canPlayFrom() Return whether or not a card may be removed from this stack.
boolean	playTo(Card card) Given a card to be played to the top of this card stack, either make the legal play and return true, or ignore the illegal play and return false.

Methods inherited from class CardStack

addCard, getTopCard, isEmpty, playTo, removeTopCard, size, toArray, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Foundation

public Foundation()

Method Detail

canPlayFrom

public boolean canPlayFrom()

Description copied from class: CardStack

Return whether or not a card may be removed from this stack.

Overrides:

canPlayFrom in class CardStack

Returns:

whether or not a card may be removed from this stack

playTo

public boolean playTo(Card card)

Given a card to be played to the top of this card stack, either make the legal play and return true, or ignore the illegal play and return false. For a Foundation, the play is legal if (1) it is empty and the card is an ace or (2) it is not empty and the card is the same suit as the top card with the next higher rank.

Overrides:

playTo in class CardStack

Parameters:

card - card to be played onto this card stack

Returns:

whether or not the card was played onto this card stack