Class FoundationPiles

java.lang.Object
  FoundationPiles

public class FoundationPiles
extends java.lang.Object

This class manages Foundations via an array of four Foundation objects. All the other classes need to use are the constructor, clear (to restart the game) and addCard.

Author:

Group 6
ab68 Arup Banerjee
rau Robert Buechler
pp25 Patrick Paczkowski
orl Oriana Lisker

Field Summary

static int

NUM_FOUNDATIONS

Constructor Summary

FoundationPiles()
default Constructor - makes an array of 4 Foundations with arbitrarily assigned suits

Method Summary

boolean	addCard(Card card) Method which adds card to corresponding foundation
boolean	allComplete() Method for determining whether all foundations are complete
void	clear() Method for starting a new game.
Foundation	getFoundation(int num) Returns requested foundation
java.util.ArrayList<Card>	getHighCards() Method which returns the high cards of the four foundations
java.lang.String	getSuit(int num) Returns suit of foundation with index num
boolean	isAddable(Card card) Method for determining whether card can be added to a foundation
boolean	isCardMovableToFound(Card toMove) Checks if card toMove can be automatically moved to foundation
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Main method, checks whether there are bugs in class
void	update() Tells the view for each foundation model to update itself.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NUM_FOUNDATIONS

public static final int NUM_FOUNDATIONS

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

FoundationPiles

public FoundationPiles()

default Constructor - makes an array of 4 Foundations with arbitrarily assigned suits

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Method for starting a new game. Clears the Foundation piles.

getFoundation

public Foundation getFoundation(int num)

Returns requested foundation

Returns:

foundation in myFoundations corresponding to num

isAddable

public boolean isAddable(Card card)

Method for determining whether card can be added to a foundation

Returns:

true if card can be added to any of the foundations, false otherwise

allComplete

public boolean allComplete()

Method for determining whether all foundations are complete

Returns:

true if all foundations are complete; false otherwise

addCard

public boolean addCard(Card card)

Method which adds card to corresponding foundation

Returns:

true if card was added successfully; false otherwise

getHighCards

public java.util.ArrayList<Card> getHighCards()

Method which returns the high cards of the four foundations

Returns:

ArrayList containing four high cards corresponding to each foundation

isCardMovableToFound

public boolean isCardMovableToFound(Card toMove)

Checks if card toMove can be automatically moved to foundation

Parameters:

toMove - is card to be moved

Returns:

true if card can be moved; false otherwise

getSuit

public java.lang.String getSuit(int num)

Returns suit of foundation with index num

Returns:

suit of foundation num

update

public void update()

Tells the view for each foundation model to update itself.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Main method, checks whether there are bugs in class