//**********************************************************
// declare a class Dice, representing a
//   dice that can be randomly rolled as
//   desired.
//
// adapted from Astrachan, "A Computer Science Tapestry", 
//    2nd edition,
//    McGraw Hill, pp. 214, 217
//
// adapted by: Sharon M. Tuttle 
// last modified: 10-15-03
//******************************************************

class Dice
{
    public:
        // constructors
        Dice(int nSides);     // create an nSides-sided die

        Dice();               // if they don't specify,
                              //    we'll make it the 
                              //    standard 6-sided die

        // accessor functions
        int get_numSides() const;
        int get_numRolls() const;

        // mutator functions
        void set_numSides(int newNumSides);
        // (decided user CANNOT reset number of rolls...)

        // additional public member functions

        //---------------------------------------------
        // Contract: roll : void -> int
        // Purpose: returns a pseudo-random roll
        //          of this numSides-sided dice
        //          instance, returning a value
        //          between 1 and numSides (or,
        //          in the interval [1, numSides] )
        //
        // Examples: (OK, being random, this is tricky!)
        //          for a Dice instance:
	//             Dice myDie(3);
        //          myDie.roll() will return 1, 2, or 3
        //----------------------------------------------
        int roll();

    private:
        // member variables
        int numSides;          // # of sides on die
        int numRolls;          // # of times die rolled

        // class-wide constants
        static const int STD_NUM_SIDES = 6;  // most common
                                            // # of sides...

        // implementation-dependent member functions
        //    (NOT for "public" use!)
   
};