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- Due on Feb. 26, 2009
- Asked on Feb. 25, 2009 at 11:50:48AM
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This week you are going to write three classes: Card.java, Deck.java and DeckTester.java. The specification for each class is given below.
Card.java
This is a simple class that represents a playing card.
Card has two attributes:
• rank which is a String that represents the value of a card. It takes a value in the range: “ACE,”2”,”3”,…,”JACK”,”QUEEN”,”KING”; and
• suit which is a String which takes a value in the range: “SPADES”,”DIAMONDS”,”CLUBS”,”HEARTS”.
The class has a single constructor which takes two parameters: the first is an int that represents the rank in the range 1 to 13; the second a String representing the suit. The constructor must convert the int into an appropriate String value – 1 should be converted to , 2 TO … 13 TO ..
Additionally there are two accessor methods (getSuit & getRank) that return String representations of the suit and rank respectively.
A skeleton of the class is provided. You have to complete the missing components. This file can be found on Blackboard with the homework specification.
Deck.java
This class represents a deck of 52 playing cards.
This class has two attributes: an array of type Card holding the 52 cards of the deck and an int that holds the number of cards in the deck, (this attribute is not used in this homework but may be used later);
A skeleton of the class is also provided. You have to complete the missing components. This file can be found on Blackboard with the homework specification.
DeckTester.java
This class contains the main method. Its purpose is to allow you to demonstrate that your Deck class works as anticipated. In particular you need to:
• Create an instance of the Deck class;
• Confirm that the constructor works correctly;
• Confirm that shuffle works correctly.
