Class PlayingCard

java.lang.Object
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  +--Card
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        +--PlayingCard

public class PlayingCard

extends Card

The PlayingCard class extends the basic Card class to add the graphics features that represent front and back images of the card.

Version:

1.0, 3 July 2001

Author:

James A. Webb, mrjavahack@yahoo.com

Fields inherited from class Card

ACE, CLUB, DIAMOND, EIGHT, FIVE, FOUR, HEART, JACK, KING, NINE, QUEEN, SEVEN, SIX, SPADE, TEN, THREE, TWO

Constructor Summary

PlayingCard()
The no-argument constructor sets all the PlayingCard's variables to default values.

PlayingCard(java.lang.String cardName, java.lang.String cardSuit)
This basic constructor sets the PlayingCard's name and suit.

PlayingCard(java.lang.String cardName, java.lang.String cardSuit, java.lang.String cardFront, java.lang.String cardBack)
This constructor sets the PlayingCard's name, suit, front, and back images.

Methods inherited from class Card

equals, getName, getSuit, getValue, setName, setSuit, setValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PlayingCard

public PlayingCard()

The no-argument constructor sets all the PlayingCard's variables to default values.

PlayingCard

public PlayingCard(java.lang.String cardName,
                   java.lang.String cardSuit)

This basic constructor sets the PlayingCard's name and suit.

Parameters:

cardName - the name of the PlayingCard as a String.

cardSuit - the suit of the PlayingCard as a String.

PlayingCard

public PlayingCard(java.lang.String cardName,
                   java.lang.String cardSuit,
                   java.lang.String cardFront,
                   java.lang.String cardBack)

This constructor sets the PlayingCard's name, suit, front, and back images. The images parameters are the filenames of .gif or .jpg image files.

Parameters:

cardName - the name of the PlayingCard as a String.

cardSuit - the suit of the PlayingCard as a String.

cardFront - the name of the front image file as a String, such as "aceofspades.jpg".

cardBack - the name of the back image file as a String, such as "bicycle.jpg".