suicideChess
Class Board

java.lang.Object
  suicideChess.Board

public class Board
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains the board representation. The board is represented using bitboards.

• a1 is square 0
• h8 is square 7
• a2 is square 8
• ... and so on

Version:

$LastChangedRevision$, $LastChangedDate$

Author:

Jean-Baptiste Hétier

Nested Class Summary

class

Board.NoPieceOnSquare

Field Summary

static int	NB_OF_FILES
static int	NB_OF_RANKS
static int	NB_OF_SQUARES

Constructor Summary

Board()
Constructor of the class Board

Method Summary

void	display() This function can be used to display the board Black pieces are displayed in uppercase letters.
void	doMove(Move move) This methods takes a Move and applies it (updating the bitboard)
Square	getEnPassantSquare() This function is used to return the 'en passant' Square.
Piece	getPiece(Square onSquare) This function searchs for what piece is on a square.
boolean	isEmpty(Square square, Piece piece) This function returns a boolean telling if a Piece is on a Board.NoPieceOnSquare.
boolean	isEnPassant() This function returns a boolean saying if the board is in an 'en passant' state.
static int	squareToBitBoardSquare(Square square) This function converts a Board.NoPieceOnSquare to a number representing a bitboard square

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

NB_OF_RANKS

public static final int NB_OF_RANKS

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Constant Field Values

NB_OF_FILES

public static final int NB_OF_FILES

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Constant Field Values

NB_OF_SQUARES

public static final int NB_OF_SQUARES

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Board

public Board()
      throws Square.NotAValidSquare

Constructor of the class Board

Throws:

Square.NotAValidSquare

Method Detail

doMove

public void doMove(Move move)
            throws Board.NoPieceOnSquare

This methods takes a Move and applies it (updating the bitboard)

Parameters:

move - The move that is to be done

Throws:

Board.NoPieceOnSquare - If a piece is trying to be moved from a square that does not exist.

See Also:

Move

getPiece

public Piece getPiece(Square onSquare)

This function searchs for what piece is on a square.

Parameters:

onSquare - The Square on which we will look for a piece.

Returns:

a Piece

See Also:

Board.NoPieceOnSquare, Piece

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty(Square square,
                       Piece piece)

This function returns a boolean telling if a Piece is on a Board.NoPieceOnSquare.

Parameters:

square - The Square

piece - A Piece constant

Returns:

boolean

See Also:

Piece, Board.NoPieceOnSquare

squareToBitBoardSquare

public static int squareToBitBoardSquare(Square square)

This function converts a Board.NoPieceOnSquare to a number representing a bitboard square

Parameters:

square - The Square to be converted

Returns:

int

See Also:

Board.NoPieceOnSquare

isEnPassant

public boolean isEnPassant()

This function returns a boolean saying if the board is in an 'en passant' state.

Returns:

boolean

getEnPassantSquare

public Square getEnPassantSquare()

This function is used to return the 'en passant' Square. Don't use it unless table is in an 'en passant' state.

Returns:

Square

See Also:

Board.NoPieceOnSquare

display

public void display()

This function can be used to display the board Black pieces are displayed in uppercase letters.