starvationevasion.sim

Class CardDeck

java.lang.Object

starvationevasion.sim.CardDeck

public class CardDeck
extends java.lang.Object

Each player region as a unique collection of 80 policy cards that make up that player's deck.

Each player's deck is shuffled at the start of the simulation. The deck is an ordered collection.

There is no add() method because a card can never be added to a deck.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	CARDS_IN_PLAYER_DECK Each player starts with a unique deck of cards.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CardDeck(EnumRegion playerRegion) Each player region has a unique deck to be read from .cvs file: playerRegion(String), card(String), count(int). In future versions, players will be able to produce and save custom decks. In this pre-test version, cards are just randomly picked with no difference for different player regions.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	cardsRemainingInDrawPile()
void	discard(EnumPolicy card)
EnumPolicy[]	drawCards() Returns an array of cards drawn from the top of the deck so that the player who own's this deck has a total of 7 cards in hand. If there are insufficient cards remaining, then the player's discard pile is shuffled back into the deck.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) This entry point is for testing only.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CARDS_IN_PLAYER_DECK

public static final int CARDS_IN_PLAYER_DECK

Each player starts with a unique deck of cards. A deck will, in general, contain duplicate cards. If the player needs to draw a card and his, her or its deck is empty then the player's discard is shuffled back into the deck.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CardDeck

public CardDeck(EnumRegion playerRegion)

Each player region has a unique deck to be read from .cvs file: playerRegion(String), card(String), count(int).

In future versions, players will be able to produce and save custom decks.

In this pre-test version, cards are just randomly picked with no difference for different player regions.

Method Detail

drawCards

public EnumPolicy[] drawCards()

Returns an array of cards drawn from the top of the deck so that the player who own's this deck has a total of 7 cards in hand.

If there are insufficient cards remaining, then the player's discard pile is shuffled back into the deck.

Returns:

The cards drawn from the deck. Returns null if the player already has a max hand size.

discard

public void discard(EnumPolicy card)

cardsRemainingInDrawPile

public int cardsRemainingInDrawPile()

Returns:

The number of cards remaining in the draw pile.

main

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

This entry point is for testing only.

This test shows how to create playerDeck and draw the first hand.

Parameters:

args - ignored.