Testing and debugging of the rules :

by typing "hint a3" it is possible to know all the possible moves for the piece on a3.
(Pawn and Queen not implemented yet)

src/suicideChess/Board.java

@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ public class Board {
 		return new Piece(Piece.NONE);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This function converts a {@link Square} to a number representing a bitboard square
+	 * @param square The Square to be converted
+	 * @return int
+	 * @see Square
+	 */
+	public static int squareToBitBoardSquare(Square square) {
+		//converts a square ("e2") to a BitboardSquare (
+		return square.getFileNb() -1 + (square.getRank()-1)*NB_OF_FILES; 
+	}
+		
 	
 	/**
 	 * This function can be used to display the board
@@ -228,7 +239,7 @@ public class Board {
 		}
 		System.out.println("+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+");
 	}
-
+	
 	
 	/*=================*
 	 * PRIVATE METHODS *
@@ -239,13 +250,7 @@ public class Board {
 		return bitBoards[bitboard_number];
 	}
 */
-	 
-	
-	private int squareToBitBoardSquare(Square square) {
-		//converts a square ("e2") to a BitboardSquare (
-		return square.getFileNb() -1 + (square.getRank()-1)*NB_OF_FILES; 
-	}
-	
+	 	
 	protected void addPiece(Square square, Piece piece) {
 		//OR :
 		// 0 OR a = a

src/suicideChess/Move.java

@@ -78,6 +78,42 @@ public class Move {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * This is the constructor of the class.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fromSquare The {@link Square} to move from.
+	 * @param toSquare The {@link Square} to move to.
+	 * @param movingPiece The {@link Piece} to be moved.
+	 * @param capturePiece The {@link Piece} to be captured. Piece.NONE if none.
+	 * @param promotionPiece The {link Piece} to be promoted to. Piece.NONE if none.
+	 * @throws NotAValidSquare If Squares are not valid.
+	 * @see Square
+	 * @see Piece
+	 */
+	public Move(Square fromSquare, Square toSquare, Piece movingPiece, Piece capturePiece, Piece promotionPiece)
+			throws NotAValidSquare {
+
+		this.fromSquare = fromSquare;
+		this.toSquare = toSquare;
+		
+		this.movingPiece = movingPiece;
+
+		this.capturePiece = capturePiece;
+		if (capturePiece.getPieceNumber()!=Piece.NONE) {
+			isCapture = true;
+		} else {
+			isCapture = false;
+		}
+
+		this.promotionPiece = promotionPiece;
+		if (promotionPiece.getPieceNumber()!=Piece.NONE) {
+			isPromotion = true;
+		} else {
+			isPromotion = false;
+		}
+		
+	}
+
 	
 	/*===========================================*
 	 * Those two constructors are no longer used *

src/suicideChess/Piece.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class Piece {
 	 * Class BitBoard makes intensive use of those
 	 */
 	public static final int NONE=-1;
+	public static final int NO_COLOR = -1;
 	//Contants used to detect color
 	public static final int WHITE=0;
 	public static final int BLACK=1;
@@ -116,14 +117,25 @@ public class Piece {
 	 * @return An integer.
 	 */
 	public int getColor() {
-		return pieceNumber%2; //cf declaration of BLACK and WHITE above and the pieces above.
+		if (pieceNumber!=Piece.NONE) {
+			return pieceNumber%2; //cf declaration of BLACK and WHITE above and the pieces above.
+		} else {
+			return Piece.NO_COLOR;
+		}
 	}
 	
 	/**
-	 * Returns an integer representing the Piece
+	 * Returns an integer representing the Piece (Piece.BLACK_PAWN or Piece.WHITE_QUEEN)
 	 * @return An integer.
 	 */
 	public int getPieceNumber() {
 		return pieceNumber;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns an integer representing the Piece type (Piece.QUEEN or Piece.PAWN)
+	 */
+	public int getPieceType() {
+		return ((pieceNumber/2)-1);
+	}
 }

src/suicideChess/Square.java

@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ public class Square {
 		}
 	}
 	
+	/**
+	 * Construcs a Square given a bitboard square (number from 0 to 63)
+	 * @param bitboardSquare An integer representing the bitboard square
+	 * @see Board
+	 */
+	public Square(int bitboardSquare) throws NotAValidSquare {
+		if ((bitboardSquare < 0) || (bitboardSquare >= Board.NB_OF_SQUARES)) {
+			throw new NotAValidSquare(Integer.toString(bitboardSquare));
+		}
+		fileNb = bitboardSquare%Board.NB_OF_FILES + 1;
+		file = (char)(fileNb + ((int)'a') - 1);
+		rank = bitboardSquare/Board.NB_OF_FILES + 1;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the file of a Square.
 	 * @return char representing the file

src/suicideChess/SuicideChess.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package suicideChess;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 import suicideChess.Move.NotAValidMoveException;
 import suicideChess.Square.NotAValidSquare;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public class SuicideChess {
 			/*int playerColor = Piece.WHITE;
 			System.out.println("White: ");*/
 			
+			
 			while (true) {
 				try {
 					String whatMove= moveInput.readLine();
@@ -55,6 +57,23 @@ public class SuicideChess {
 						break;
 					}
 					
+					if (whatMove.startsWith("move")) {
+						Move move = new Move(new Square(0), new Square(1), new Piece(2), new Piece(3), new Piece(Piece.NONE));
+						move.display();
+						continue;
+					}
+					
+					
+					if (whatMove.startsWith("hint")) {
+						Rules rules = new Rules();
+						ArrayList<Move> allLegalMoves =
+								rules.legalMovesFromSquare(new Square(whatMove.substring(5,7)),bitboard);
+						for(int i = 0; i<allLegalMoves.size(); i++) {
+							allLegalMoves.get(i).display();
+						}
+						continue;
+					}
+					
 					Move theMove = new Move(whatMove, bitboard);
 					
 					theMove.display();