Class Cell

java.lang.Object

CardStack

Cell

public class Cell
extends CardStack

A Cell is a specialized card stack where a card may be added if the stack is empty (free). That is, a Cell may have at most 1 card.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class CardStack

stack

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Cell()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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 throw an appropriate Exception.

Methods inherited from class CardStack

addCard, canPlayFrom, 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

Cell

public Cell()

Method Detail

playTo

public boolean playTo(Card card)
               throws java.lang.NullPointerException,
                      IllegalPlayException

Given a card to be played to the top of this card stack, either make the legal play and return true, or throw an appropriate Exception. For a Cell, the play is legal if the stack is empty (free).

Overrides:

playTo in class CardStack

Parameters:

card - card to be played onto this card stack

Returns:

true if the card was played onto this card stack

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - thrown if given Card parameter is null

IllegalPlayException - thrown if "Cells may only contain a single card."