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CSC 212 -- Project Proj3

• Goal: write and test a Card class. Also draw a UML diagram for your class.

• Your Card class should contain these private byte instance variables: rank (possible byte values are 2, 3, ... , 14), suit (possible byte values are 1, 2, 3, 4), faceUp (possible boolean values are true and false). Here are the meanings of the rank and the suit:

  rank meaning 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 J 12 Q 13 K 14 A

  suit meaning 1 C 2 D 3 H 4 S

• Your Card class should contain these public methods: parameterized constructor, getRank, getSuit, isFaceUp, setFaceUp, toString, equals, compareTo.

• When you implement the toString method, you can use the String.valueOf method to convert the byte values from 2 to 10 to String objects. Use an if..else or switch statement to convert the values 11, 12, 13 and 14 to "J", "Q", "K" and "A".

  Use an if..else or switch statement to convert the values 1, 2, 3 and 4 to "C", "D", "H" and "S".

• Two cards are considered to be equal if both their rank and suits are equal.

• A card c1 is greater than c2 if the rank of c1 is greater than the rank of c2.

• Write a class named TestCard with a main method. This main method should test the instance variables and methods of the Card class.

• Code discussed in class:

  public String toString( )
  {
      String rankSymbol, suitSymbol;
  
      switch(face)
      {
          case 2:
          case 3:
          case 4:
          case 5:
          case 6:
          case 7:
          case 8:
          case 9:
          case 10:
              rankSymbol = String.valueOf(face);
              break;
          case 11:
              rankSymbol = "J";
              break;
          case 12:
              rankSymbol = "Q";
              break;
          case 13:
              rankSymbol = "K";
              break;
          case 14:
              rankSymbol = "A";
              break;
          default:
              rankfaceSymbol = "Illegal Rank";
      }    
  
      switch(suit)
      {
          case 1:
              suitSymbol = "C";
              break;
          case 2:
              suitSymbol = "D";
              break;
          case 3:
              suitSymbol = "H";
              break;
          case 4:
              suitSymbol = "S";
              break;
          default:
              suitSymbol = "Illegal Suit";
              break;
      }
  
      return rankSymbol + suitSymbol + " " + faceUp;
  }