public Hand deal(Game game) {
// always shuffle before dealing!
shuffle();
// create a new hand
Hand hand = game.newHand();
// deal five cards to each player
for (Team.Player player : game.getPlayers()) {
hand.setCards(player, useNextCards(5));
}
// set the up card
hand.setUpCard(useNextCard());
return hand;
}
private void findCreatableLinks() {
sortHandBySuit();
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 3; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 3));
if (co.isTriplet()) canBeTriplets.addAll(co.getCards());
if (co.isNaturalSequence()) canBeNaturalSequences.addAll(co.getCards());
if (co.isSequence()) canBeSequences.addAll(co.getCards());
}
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 5; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 5));
if (co.canBePent()) canBePents.addAll(co.getCards());
}
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 4; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 4));
if (co.canBeQuad()) canBeQuads.addAll(co.getCards());
}
}
private void findExistingLinks() {
sortHandByRank();
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 3; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 3));
if (co.canBeTriplet()) avTriplets.addAll(co.getCards());
if (co.canBeNaturalSequence()) avNaturalSequences.addAll(co.getCards());
if (co.canBeSequence()) avSequences.addAll(co.getCards());
}
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 5; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 5));
if (co.isPent()) avPents.addAll(co.getCards());
}
for (int i = 0; i < hand.size() - 4; i++) {
Hand co = new Hand(hand.subList(i, i + 4));
if (co.isQuad()) avQuad.addAll(co.getCards());
}
}