Package pile.piles

Class Hand

java.lang.Object

pile.Pile

pile.piles.Hand

public class Hand
extends Pile

Represents the player's hand in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, where the player holds their cards. This class extends the Pile class and provides methods for managing the player's hand, such as playing a card and checking for basic Pokémon.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Tyler Mong

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class pile.Pile

cards

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Hand()	Constructor for the Hand class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	hasBasicPokemon()	Checks if the player's hand contains any basic Pokémon cards.
Card	playCard(Card card)	Plays a card from the player's hand and removes it from the hand.

Methods inherited from class pile.Pile

addCard, display, drawCard, getCardAtIndex, getCards, getSize, isEmpty, removeCard, secondaryDisplay, shuffle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Hand

public Hand()

Constructor for the Hand class. Initializes the player's hand.

Method Details

playCard

public Card playCard(Card card)

Plays a card from the player's hand and removes it from the hand.

Parameters:

card - The card to be played.

Returns:

The played card.

hasBasicPokemon

public boolean hasBasicPokemon()

Checks if the player's hand contains any basic Pokémon cards. This is used in the game setup to check for a Mulligan.

Returns:

True if there are basic Pokémon cards, false otherwise.