// Hand.java - John K. Estell - 8 May 2003
// last modified: 23 Febraury 2004
// Implementation of a abstract hand of playing cards.  
// Uses the Card class.  Requires subclass for specifying
// the specifics of what constitutes the evaluation of a hand 
// for the game being implemented.

import java.util.*;


/**
 * Represents the basic functionality of a hand of cards.
 * Extensions of this class will provide the
 * definition of what constitutes a hand for that game and how hands are compared
 * to one another by overriding the <code>compareTo</code> method.
 * @author John K. Estell
 * @version 1.0
 */
public abstract class Hand implements Comparable {
   
   // instance variables for the hand
   // your code goes here


  /**
   * Adds a card to this hand.
   * @param card card to be added to the current hand.
   */
   public void addCard( Card card ) {
      // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Obtains the card stored at the specified location in the hand.  Does not
   * remove the card from the hand.
   * @param index position of card to be accessed.
   * @return the card of interest, or the null reference if the index is out of
   * bounds.
   */
   public Card getCard( int index ) {
      // your code goes here
   }
  
  
  /**
   * Removes the specified card from the current hand.
   * @param card the card to be removed.
   * @return the card removed from the hand, or null if the card
   * was not present in the hand.
   */
   public Card removeCard( Card card ) {
     // your code goes here    
   }


  /**
   * Removes the card at the specified index from the hand.
   * @param index poisition of the card to be removed.
   * @return the card removed from the hand, or the null reference if
   * the index is out of bounds.
   */
   public Card removeCard( int index ) {
     // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Removes all the cards from the hand, leaving an empty hand.
   */
   public void discardHand() {
      // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * The number of cards held in the hand.
   * @return number of cards currently held in the hand.
   */
   public int getNumberOfCards() {
      // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Sorts the card in the hand.
   * Sort is performed according to the order specified in the {@link Card} class.
   */
   public void sort() {
      // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Checks to see if the hand is empty.
   * @return <code>true</code> is the hand is empty.
   */
   public boolean isEmpty() {
       // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Determines whether or not the hand contains the specified card.
   * @param card the card being searched for in the hand.
   * @return <code>true</code> if the card is present in the hand.
   */
   public boolean containsCard( Card card ) {
      // your code goes here
   }


  /**
   * Searches for the first instance of the specified card in the hand.
   * @param card card being searched for.
   * @return position index of card if found, or <code>-1</code> if not found.
   */
   public int findCard( Card card ) {
      // your code goes here
   }
  
  
  /**
   *  Compares two hands.  
   *  @param otherHandObject the hand being compared.
   *  @return < 0 if this hand is less than the other hand, 0 if the two hands are
   *  the same, or > 0 if this hand is greater then the other hand.
   */
   public int compareTo( Object otherHandObject ) {
      // your code goes here
   }
   
   
  /**
   *  Evaluates the hand.  Must be defined in the subclass that implements the hand
   *  for the game being written by the client programmer.
   *  @return an integer corresponding to the rating of the hand.
   */
   public abstract int evaluateHand();
   
   
   /**
    * Returns a description of the hand.
    * @return a list of cards held in the hand.
    */
    public String toString() {
       // your code goes here
    }
    
    
   /**
    * Replaces the specified card with another card.  Only the first
    * instance of the targeted card is replaced.  No action occurs if
    * the targeted card is not present in the hand.
    * @return <code>true</code> if the replacement occurs.
    */
    public boolean replaceCard( Card oldCard, Card replacementCard ) {
       // your code goes here
    }

}