Classes shown in blue are complete and do not require modification in any way.
Item |
Type |
Description |
Main |
class | This class contains a short main method used to run
the program. No modifications necessary. |
GameView |
class | This is part of the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the game. You do not need to understand or modify it. |
PlayerView |
class | This is part of the GUI for the game. It displays a frame for an individual player, including the cards the player currently holds, the value of those cards, and a button labelled “Hit Me” to indicate the player wants another card dealt. You do not need to understand or modify this class. |
Player |
class | This class represents a player. |
hand |
attribute | The cards the player has been dealt so far. |
name |
attribute | The player's name. |
<missing attributes> |
attribute | The missing attributes should be pretty obvious from the methods. |
Player |
constructor | Constructs a Player object. The player
will have a name, but no cards and won't have won any rounds yet. |
reset |
method | Prepares the player to play a new round. |
getPlayerName |
method | Returns the player's name. |
getScore |
method | Returns the sum of the values of all the cards currently held in the player's hand. |
incrementRoundsWon |
method | Increment the number of rounds won for this player. |
getNumRoundsWon |
method | Return the number of rounds won for this player. |
addCard |
method | Adds a card to this player's hand. |
getHand |
method | Returns a completely filled array of the cards in the player's hand.
Used by the PlayerView to display the hand. |
Deck |
class | This class stores and processes information for a deck of cards. |
deck |
attribute | The CardList object that contains the Cards
of the deck. |
Deck |
constructor | Constructs a deck of 52 cards and shuffles them into a random order. |
dealCard |
method | Returns the “next” card in the deck, removing it from the deck. |
Card |
class | Represents one playing card such as the “five of diamonds”.
This class is complete. You should understand it but you do not need to
modify it. See Card.java for further documentation. |
CardList |
class | Stores and manipulates a list of Card objects. The
cards must be stored in a partially-filled array that is initially
allocated to hold only 1 card. Obviously, the array must grow as
necessary. |
<missing attributes> |
attribute | The missing attributes should be pretty obvious from the methods. |
CardList |
constructor | Construct a new, empty, list of cards. |
add |
method | Add a new card to the list. |
size |
method | Return the number of cards currently in the list. |
get |
method | Return the card at the given position in the list. |
removeLast |
method | Remove the last card in the list and return it. |
shuffle |
method | Put the cards into a random order. |
clear |
method | Logically remove all the cards from the list. |
toArray |
method | Return a completely filled array with all the cards currently in the list. |
BlackJack |
class | This is the class that controls the play. It keeps track of the players in the game as well as the deck of cards. It deals another card to players, as requested. It also begins a new round of play by figuring out who the winner is and telling that player to increment the number of rounds it has won. The players must be stored in a partially-filled array that need not grow because at most 6 players can play. |
addPlayer |
method | Add a new player to the game. |
hitPlayer |
method | Deal another card to the specified player. |
newRound |
method | Begin a new round of play. Each player will have an empty hand. |
getNumPlayers |
method | Return the number of players in the game. |