/**
 * An object of type Hand represents a hand of cards.  The
 * cards belong to the class Card.  A hand is empty when it
 * is created, and any number of cards can be added to it.
 */

import java.util.Vector;

public class Hand {

   private Vector hand;   // The cards in the hand.

   /**
    * Create a hand that is initially empty.
    */
   public Hand() {
      hand = new Vector();
   }
   
   /**
    * Remove all cards from the hand, leaving it empty.
    */
   public void clear() {
      hand.setSize(0);
   }
   
   /**
    * Add a card to the hand.  It is added at the end of the current hand.
    * @param c the non-null card to be added.
    * @throws NullPointerException if the parameter c is null.
    */
   public void addCard(Card c) {
      if (c == null)
         throw new NullPointerException("Can't add a null card to a hand.");
      hand.addElement(c);
   }
   
   /**
    * Remove a card from the hand, if present.
    * @param c the card to be removed.  If c is null or if the card is not in 
    * the hand, then nothing is done.
    */
   public void removeCard(Card c) {
      hand.remove(c);
   }
   
   /**
    * Remove the coard in a specified position from the hand.
    * @param position the position of the card that is to be removed, where
    * positions are starting from zero.
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the position does not exist in
    * the hand, that is if the position is less than 0 or greater than
    * or equal to the number of cards in the hand.
    */
   public void removeCard(int position) {
      if (position < 0 || position >= hand.size())
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Position does not exist in hand: "
               + position);
      hand.removeElementAt(position);
   }

   /**
    * Returns the number of cards in the hand.
    */
   public int getCardCount() {
      return hand.size();
   }
   
   /**
    * Gets the card in a specified position in the hand.  (Note that this card
    * is not removed from the hand!)
    * @param position the position of the card that is to be returned
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if position does not exist in the hand
    */
   public Card getCard(int position) {
      if (position < 0 || position >= hand.size())
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Position does not exist in hand: "
               + position);
       return (Card)hand.elementAt(position);
   }
   
   /**
    * Sorts the cards in the hand so that cards of the same suit are
    * grouped together, and within a suit the cards are sorted by value.
    * Note that aces are considered to have the lowest value, 1.
    */
   public void sortBySuit() {
      Vector newHand = new Vector();
      while (hand.size() > 0) {
         int pos = 0;  // Position of minimal card.
         Card c = (Card)hand.elementAt(0);  // Minumal card.
         for (int i = 1; i < hand.size(); i++) {
            Card c1 = (Card)hand.elementAt(i);
            if ( c1.getSuit() < c.getSuit() ||
                    (c1.getSuit() == c.getSuit() && c1.getValue() < c.getValue()) ) {
                pos = i;
                c = c1;
            }
         }
         hand.removeElementAt(pos);
         newHand.addElement(c);
      }
      hand = newHand;
   }
   
   /**
    * Sorts the cards in the hand so that cards are sorted into order
    * of increasing value.  Cards with the same value are sorted by suit.
    * Note that aces are considered to have the lowest value, 1.
    */
   public void sortByValue() {
      Vector newHand = new Vector();
      while (hand.size() > 0) {
         int pos = 0;  // Position of minimal card.
         Card c = (Card)hand.elementAt(0);  // Minumal card.
         for (int i = 1; i < hand.size(); i++) {
            Card c1 = (Card)hand.elementAt(i);
            if ( c1.getValue() < c.getValue() ||
                    (c1.getValue() == c.getValue() && c1.getSuit() < c.getSuit()) ) {
                pos = i;
                c = c1;
            }
         }
         hand.removeElementAt(pos);
         newHand.addElement(c);
      }
      hand = newHand;
   }
   
}