If your reading this...thanks!

ok...so I'm trying to add a method that is supposed to return a value based on the poker rank of a hand of cards.0 for the lowest hand(no hand that is) and 10 for the highest hand(royal flush). I have already defined 5 .java source files(2 enum, 3 class) that are desinged to create a deck.

i have 2 main problems:

1. Which class do I put the method in?
2. How exactly do i design this method?

If some one could help me i would really appreciate it!
Here are the classes:

Suit.java

public enum Suit {
CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, SPADES
}


Rank.java

public enum Rank {
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
NINE, TEN, JACK, QUEEN, KING, ACE
}


Card.java

public class Card implements Comparable<Card> {

    //compare two cards
    public int compareTo(Card card) {
        if(suit.equals(card.suit)) {
            if(rank.equals(card.rank)) {
                return 0;
            }
            return rank.compareTo(card.rank) < 0 ? -1 : 1;
        } else {
            return suit.compareTo(card.suit) < 0 ? -1 : 1;
        }
    }

    public String toString() {
        return rank + " of " + suit;
    }

    public Card(Rank rank, Suit suit) {
        this.suit = suit;
        this.rank = rank;
    }

    public Suit getSuit() {
        return suit;
    }

    public Rank getRank() {
        return rank;
    }

    private Rank rank;
    private Suit suit;
}


Hand.java

import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Hand {

    public Hand sort() {
        Collections.sort(hand);
        return this;
    }

    //add card to hand
    public void add(Card card) {
        hand.add(card);
    }

    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
        for(Card card : hand) {
            str.append("\n" + card);
        }
        return str.toString();
    }

    private Vector<Card> hand = new Vector<Card>();
}


CardDeck.java

import java.util.Stack;
import java.util.Collections;

public class CardDeck {
    //create a deck of 52 cards
    public CardDeck() {
        for(Suit suit : Suit.values())
         for(Rank rank : Rank.values())
            deck.push(new Card(rank, suit));
    }

    //deal a hand
    public Hand dealHand(int numCards) {
        Hand hand = new Hand();
        for(int i = 0; i < numCards; i++) {
            hand.add((Card)deck.pop());
        }
        return hand;
    }

    //shuffle deck
    public void shuffle() {
        Collections.shuffle(deck);
    }


    private Stack<Card> deck = new Stack<Card>();
}


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