TestXBoardProtocol hasn't changed much. Now it is in a package called test.

NEW FILE: TestMoves -> purpose is to test the Move class

NEW FILE: Move -> this is a first implementation of a simple class that
				  reads a string and converts it to a move or the opposite.

NEW FILE: BitBoard -> this class really doesn't do anything yet.
					  It only has definition of 14 bitboards but they are not
					  created yet.

src/suicideChess/Move.java

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+package suicideChess;
+
+/**
+ * @author djib
+ * 
+ * This file contains the moves representation.
+ * 
+ * $LastChangedDate$
+ * $LastChangedRev$
+ * $LastChangedBy$
+ */
+
+public class Move {
+
+	/********
+	 * DATA *
+	 ********/
+	
+	//integers 
+	private String fromSquare;
+	private String toSquare;
+	private String promotionPiece;
+	private boolean isPromotion;
+
+	public class NotAValidMoveException extends Exception {
+		NotAValidMoveException(String s) { super(s); };
+	}
+	
+	/***************
+	 * CONSTRUCTOR *
+	 ***************/
+	
+	//The string is of type e2e4 (4 chars), b7b8q (5 chars) for promotions
+	public Move(String move) throws NotAValidMoveException {
+		isPromotion = false;
+		promotionPiece = "";
+		switch (move.length()) {
+			case 5:
+				isPromotion = true;
+				promotionPiece = move.substring(4,5);
+				//no break statement here on purpose
+			case 4:
+				fromSquare = move.substring(0,2);
+				toSquare = move.substring(2,4);
+				break;
+			default:
+				throw new NotAValidMoveException("Invalid Move: "+move);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	
+	
+	/***********
+	 * METHODS *
+	 ***********/
+	
+	public String fromSquare() {
+		return fromSquare;
+	}
+	public String toSquare() {
+		return toSquare;
+	}
+	public boolean isPromotionMove() {
+		return isPromotion;
+	}
+	
+	public void setFromSquare(String square) {
+		fromSquare = square;
+	}
+	public void setToSquare(String square) {
+		toSquare = square;
+	}
+	public void setIsPromotionMove(String piece) {
+		if (promotionPiece.length()==0) {
+			isPromotion=false;
+		} else {
+			isPromotion=true;
+			promotionPiece=piece;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public String toString() {
+		return fromSquare+toSquare+promotionPiece;
+	}
+	
+	public void display() {
+		System.out.println(" ");
+		System.out.println("==== Move  ====");
+		System.out.println("From square:"+fromSquare);
+		System.out.println("To square:  "+toSquare);
+		System.out.println((isPromotion ? "Promotion:   "+promotionPiece : "No Promotion"));
+		System.out.println("===============");
+		System.out.println(" ");
+		System.out.println(" ");
+	}
+}