Package me.ramendev.expokert

Class Wildcard

java.lang.Object

me.ramendev.expokert.Card

me.ramendev.expokert.Wildcard

Direct Known Subclasses:

FixedWildcard

public abstract class Wildcard
extends Card

The wildcard, which is a card that can be considered as another "real" Card. There are variations of wildcards, such as the Joker, the "universal" wildcard.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Wildcard()	Constructor for a wildcard.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final boolean	canBe(Card card)	Checks whether this wildcard "can be" another card, in this case, whether it can be converted to the given Card.
abstract Set<Card>	getConversions()	Gets all the Card that this wildcard can convert to.

Methods inherited from class me.ramendev.expokert.Card

getAllCards, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Wildcard

public Wildcard()

Constructor for a wildcard. A wildcard will always use Pip.WILD and Suit.WILD.

Method Details

canBe

public final boolean canBe(Card card)

Checks whether this wildcard "can be" another card, in this case, whether it can be converted to the given Card.

Parameters:

card - The card to check against.

Returns:

Whether this wildcard "can be" another card.

getConversions

public abstract Set<Card> getConversions()

Gets all the Card that this wildcard can convert to. This is implementation- specific, to different kinds of wildcards in different games.

Returns:

The set of all cards that this wildcard can convert to.

Implementation Note:

Rationale for this class and this method being abstract: this wildcard should implement the logic to get the conversions by storing additional game state (done by the subclasses), and THEN return the cards it can convert to in a dynamic manner.