PlayingCard

PlayingCard

//Class to repesent a playing-card
//	Any card has a SUIT (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades)
//	Any card has a RANK (2, 3, .. 19, Jack, Queen, King, Ace)
//
public class PlayingCard implements Comparable
{
	//Instance Variables
	private CardSuit suit;
	private CardRank rank;
	
	//Constructor: 
	//Creates a new PlayingCArd with specified suit and rank
	public PlayingCard(CardSuit suit, CardRank rank)
	{
            this.suit = suit;
            this.rank = rank;
	}

	//Constructor:
	//Creates a new PlayingCard corresponding to a given image, "2S", "KD", etc
	//	Precondition: 1st character of the image is a valid CardRank symbol
	//	Precondition: 2nd character of the image is a valid CardSuit symbol	
	public PlayingCard(String image)
	{            
            this(CardSuit.suit(image.charAt(1)), CardRank.rank(image.charAt(0)));            
	}
	
	//Accessor	
	public CardRank getRank()
	{
		return this.rank;
	}
	
	//Accessor
	public CardSuit getSuit()
	{
		return this.suit;
	}
	
	//Returns a duplicate of a PlayingCard
	public PlayingCard copy()
	{
            // incomplete
            return null;
	}
	
	//Returns a printable 2-character image of a PlayingCard
	//	Postcondition: the image is a character string of length 2, e.g. 3H
	//	Postcondition: 1st character of the image is a valid CardRank symbol
	//	Postcondition: 2nd character of the image is a valid CardSuit symbol
	@Override public String toString()
	{
		return this.getRank().toString()+this.getSuit().toString();
	}
	
	//Implements the Comparable interface for PlayingCard's
	public int compareTo(Object other)
	{
            // incomplete
            PlayingCard that = (PlayingCard)other;	
            return 0;
	}
}