Class RollingDie

java.lang.Object
  RollingDie

public class RollingDie
extends java.lang.Object

RollingDie class Instantiable class whose instances model playing dice; rolling a die results in a pseudorandom int between 1 and the number of sides being assigned as the face value; RollingDie instances have 6 sides by default; a different number of sides may also be specified. Sergio A. Alvarez, Oct. 2005.

Field Summary

static int

DEFAULT_NUM_SIDES

Constructor Summary

RollingDie()
default constructor, constructs a 6-sided die.

RollingDie(int numSides)
constructs a die with a specified number of sides.

Method Summary

int	getFace() returns the face currently showing on this die; does not roll die.
javax.swing.ImageIcon	getIcon() returns an image of the face currently showing on this die.
int	roll() pseudorandomly assigns a face value between 1 and the number of sides; returns the resulting face value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_NUM_SIDES

public static final int DEFAULT_NUM_SIDES

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RollingDie

public RollingDie(int numSides)

constructs a die with a specified number of sides.

Parameters:

numSides - the desired number of sides of this instance

RollingDie

public RollingDie()

default constructor, constructs a 6-sided die.

Method Detail

roll

public int roll()

pseudorandomly assigns a face value between 1 and the number of sides; returns the resulting face value.

Returns:

the face showing on this die after rolling

getFace

public int getFace()

returns the face currently showing on this die; does not roll die.

Returns:

the face currently showing on this die

getIcon

public javax.swing.ImageIcon getIcon()

returns an image of the face currently showing on this die.

Returns:

an ImageIcon showing the current face on this die