Class Deck

java.lang.Object

CardStack

Deck

public class Deck
extends CardStack

A Deck is a specialized card stack that initially has all cards shuffled according to a given random number seed. One cannot play to/from a Deck; it is only used for dealing into other stacks.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class CardStack

stack

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Deck(long seed) Create a shuffled deck of cards according to the given random number seed.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canPlayFrom() Throws IllegalPlayException "That card stack cannot be played from."
boolean	playTo(Card card) Throws IllegalPlayException "Illegal stack number.

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

Deck

public Deck(long seed)

Create a shuffled deck of cards according to the given random number seed.

Parameters:

seed - random seed for deck shuffle

Method Detail

canPlayFrom

public boolean canPlayFrom()
                    throws IllegalPlayException

Throws IllegalPlayException "That card stack cannot be played from."

Overrides:

canPlayFrom in class CardStack

Returns:

true if a card may be removed from this stack

Throws:

IllegalPlayException - "That card stack cannot be played from."

playTo

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

Throws IllegalPlayException "Illegal stack number. Stacks are numbered 1-16."

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 - "Illegal stack number. Stacks are numbered 1-16."