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Exercises:

1 Complete the implementation of the provided Card class. You will be required to complete:

A. a constructor that takes two String parameters that represent the card’s rank and suit, and an int parameter that represents the point value of the card;

B accessor methods for the card’s rank, suit, and point value;

C a method to test equality between two card objects; and

D the toString method to create a String that contains the rank, suit, and point value of the card object. The string should be in the following format: rank of suit (point value = pointValue)

2 Once you have completed the Card class, find the CardTester.java file in the Activity1 Starter Code folder. Create three Card objects and test each method for each Card object.

Card.java

/**
 * Card.java
 *
 * <code>Card</code> represents a playing card.
 */
public class Card {

	/**
	 * String value that holds the suit of the card
	 */
	private String suit;

	/**
	 * String value that holds the rank of the card
	 */
	private String rank;

	/**
	 * int value that holds the point value.
	 */
	private int pointValue;


   /**
	 * Creates a new <code>Card</code> instance.
	 *
	 * @param cardRank  a <code>String</code> value
	 *                  containing the rank of the card
	 * @param cardSuit  a <code>String</code> value
	 *                  containing the suit of the card
	 * @param cardPointValue an <code>int</code> value
	 *                  containing the point value of the card
	 */
	public Card(String cardRank, String cardSuit, int cardPointValue) {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}


	/**
	 * Accesses this <code>Card's</code> suit.
	 * @return this <code>Card's</code> suit.
	 */
	public String suit() {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
   }

	/**
	 * Accesses this <code>Card's</code> rank.
	 * @return this <code>Card's</code> rank.
	 */
	public String rank() {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}

   /**
	 * Accesses this <code>Card's</code> point value.
	 * @return this <code>Card's</code> point value.
	 */
	public int pointValue() {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}

	/** Compare this card with the argument.
	 * @param otherCard the other card to compare to this
	 * @return true if the rank, suit, and point value of this card
	 *              are equal to those of the argument;
	 *         false otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean matches(Card otherCard) {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}

	/**
	 * Converts the rank, suit, and point value into a string in the format
	 *     "[Rank] of [Suit] (point value = [PointValue])".
	 * This provides a useful way of printing the contents
	 * of a <code>Deck</code> in an easily readable format or performing
	 * other similar functions.
	 *
	 * @return a <code>String</code> containing the rank, suit,
	 *         and point value of the card.
	 */
	@Override
	public String toString() {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}
}

CardTester.java

/**
 * This is a class that tests the Card class.
 */
public class CardTester {

	/**
	 * The main method in this class checks the Card operations for consistency.
	 *	@param args is not used.
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		/* *** TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACTIVITY 1 *** */
	}
}