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Class CardGameParticipant

java.lang.Object

  CardGameParticipant

public class CardGameParticipant

extends java.lang.Object

An encapsulation of a participant in a card game

Field Summary
`protected static boolean`	`FACE_DOWN`
`protected static boolean`	`FACE_UP`

Constructor Summary
`CardGameParticipant()` Default Constructor

Method Summary
`void`	`giveYourCardsBack()` Tell this participant to give back the cards he/she/it is currently holding
`int`	`howManyUpCardsDoYouHave()` Ask this participant to tell you how many "face up" cards he/she/it has
`void`	`playAtTable(Table playAt)` Instruct this participant to play (or work) at a particular Table
`protected Card`	`showMeDownCard(int cardIndex)` Ask this participant to tell show you a particular "face down" card Children that want to keep their down cards secret (which is almost always the case) will want to override this method and return null
`Card`	`showMeUpCard(int cardIndex)` Ask this participant to tell show you a particular "face up" card
`void`	`takeThisCard(Card card, boolean faceUpOrDown)` Instruct this participant to take a card and keep it either "face up" or "face down"
`Player[]`	`whoAreThePlayersAtYourTable()` Ask this participant to give you a "list" of all of the players at his/her/its Table
`Dealer`	`whoIsTheDealerAtYourTable()` Ask this participant to give you the Dealer at his/her/its Table

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FACE_UP

protected static final boolean FACE_UP

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Constant Field Values

FACE_DOWN

protected static final boolean FACE_DOWN

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CardGameParticipant

public CardGameParticipant()

Default Constructor

Method Detail

howManyUpCardsDoYouHave

public int howManyUpCardsDoYouHave()

Ask this participant to tell you how many "face up" cards he/she/it has

Returns:

The number of up cards

giveYourCardsBack

public void giveYourCardsBack()

Tell this participant to give back the cards he/she/it is currently holding

showMeDownCard

protected Card showMeDownCard(int cardIndex)

Ask this participant to tell show you a particular "face down" card Children that want to keep their down cards secret (which is almost always the case) will want to override this method and return null

Parameters:

cardIndex - The index number of the down Card

Returns:

The Card (or null)

showMeUpCard

public Card showMeUpCard(int cardIndex)

Ask this participant to tell show you a particular "face up" card

Parameters:

cardIndex - The index number of the up Card

Returns:

The Card

takeThisCard

public void takeThisCard(Card card,

                         boolean faceUpOrDown)

Instruct this participant to take a card and keep it either "face up" or "face down"

Parameters:

card - The Card

faceUpOrDown - FACE_UP or FACE_DOWN

playAtTable

public void playAtTable(Table playAt)

Instruct this participant to play (or work) at a particular Table

Parameters:

playAt - The Table to play at

whoAreThePlayersAtYourTable

public Player[] whoAreThePlayersAtYourTable()

Ask this participant to give you a "list" of all of the players at his/her/its Table

Returns:

All of the Player objects

whoIsTheDealerAtYourTable

public Dealer whoIsTheDealerAtYourTable()

Ask this participant to give you the Dealer at his/her/its Table

Returns:

The Dealer

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