Package model

Class Player

java.lang.Object

model.Person

model.Player

public class Player
extends Person

Represents a player in a blackjack game. A player has a name and a hand of cards. They can take actions such as hitting, standing, and doubling down. They can also make bets and receive payouts.

This class extends the Person class, which contains shared methods and properties between players and dealers.

Author:

Michael Neuper michael@michaelneuper.com

See Also:

• Person

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Player()	Constructs a new Player object with a default name of "Player".

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	getBalance()	Gets the player's current balance from a file.
void	setBalance(double balance)	Sets the player's balance and stores it in a file.

Methods inherited from class model.Person

getHand, getName, hasBlackjack, hit, printFilePath, printHand, setHand, setName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Player

public Player()

Constructs a new Player object with a default name of "Player".

Method Details

getBalance

public double getBalance()

Gets the player's current balance from a file. If a FileNotFoundException is thrown during the file reading process, it is caught and printed to the standard error stream.

Returns:

balance the player's current balance

setBalance

public void setBalance(double balance)

Sets the player's balance and stores it in a file. If a FileNotFoundException is thrown during the file reading process, it is caught and printed to the standard error stream.

Parameters:

balance - the new balance to set