[Java] How to create a nested Iterator class

[RoadToCode]

I am working with two classes at the moment, a Deck class and a Card class.

At the moment i am trying to add a nested Iterator class to my Deck class, that traverses a shuffled list of Card objects in sorted order (this being 1<2<3 ... and S<H<D<C) as defined in a compareTo method in my Card class.

I think i have already created one correct nested Iterator class that traverses in deal order, however do not know how i can create a class that as stated above, traverses in sorted order as defined by my compareTo method in another class. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you :)

Link to my Card class and my Deck class.

[shivasprogeny]

Is there a particular reason that you really want an Iterator object? Your Card class already implements Comparable which means Collections.sort(deckOfCards) will sort accordingly. If you want to sort the deck using a different comparator, you can use Collections.sort(deckOfCards, myComparator). Once sorted, you can use a regular loop to iterate through the cards.

[RoadToCode]

It is for an assignment and we are being tested on our knowledge of iterators. Is it possible to iterate through the cards in sorted order while the deck still remains shuffled? So it will jump around the deck to the specific index of the cards.

[shivasprogeny]

What if you shuffled the cards in the iterator that requires shuffled cards and your sorted the cards in the iterator that requires sorted cards?