com.webstersmalley.chessweb.model
Class Piece

java.lang.Object
  com.webstersmalley.chessweb.model.Piece

Direct Known Subclasses:

Bishop, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook

public abstract class Piece
extends java.lang.Object

Represents an individual chess piece.

Author:

Matthew Smalley

Field Summary

static Piece[]	ALL_PIECES All the Pieces - used for iterating.
static Piece	BLACK_BISHOP Black Bishop Piece.
static Piece	BLACK_KING Black King Piece.
static Piece	BLACK_KNIGHT Black Knight Piece.
static Piece	BLACK_PAWN Black Pawn Piece.
static Piece	BLACK_QUEEN Black Queen Piece.
static Piece	BLACK_ROOK Black Rook Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_BISHOP White Bishop Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_KING White King Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_KNIGHT White Knight Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_PAWN White Pawn Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_QUEEN White Queen Piece.
static Piece	WHITE_ROOK White Rook Piece.

Constructor Summary

Piece(Team team)
Constructs a new Piece.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getIcon() Returns the htmlName.
java.lang.String	getName() Get the name of this piece.
java.lang.String	getStartingPositions() Returns the starting positions.
Team	getTeam()
boolean	isJumper()
boolean	moveIsATake(Position destination, Board board) Whether the proposed move is a take.
void	setJumper(boolean jumper)
void	setStartingPositions(java.lang.String startingPositions) Sets the startign positions.
void	setTeam(Team team)
abstract void	validateDirection(Move move, Board board) Validate a direction.
void	validateMove(Move move, Board board) Validate a move.
void	validateTake(Move move, Board board) Validate a take.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WHITE_BISHOP

public static final Piece WHITE_BISHOP

White Bishop Piece. *

BLACK_BISHOP

public static final Piece BLACK_BISHOP

Black Bishop Piece. *

WHITE_KING

public static final Piece WHITE_KING

White King Piece. *

BLACK_KING

public static final Piece BLACK_KING

Black King Piece. *

WHITE_KNIGHT

public static final Piece WHITE_KNIGHT

White Knight Piece. *

BLACK_KNIGHT

public static final Piece BLACK_KNIGHT

Black Knight Piece. *

WHITE_PAWN

public static final Piece WHITE_PAWN

White Pawn Piece. *

BLACK_PAWN

public static final Piece BLACK_PAWN

Black Pawn Piece. *

WHITE_QUEEN

public static final Piece WHITE_QUEEN

White Queen Piece. *

BLACK_QUEEN

public static final Piece BLACK_QUEEN

Black Queen Piece. *

WHITE_ROOK

public static final Piece WHITE_ROOK

White Rook Piece. *

BLACK_ROOK

public static final Piece BLACK_ROOK

Black Rook Piece. *

ALL_PIECES

public static final Piece[] ALL_PIECES

All the Pieces - used for iterating. *

Constructor Detail

Piece

public Piece(Team team)

Constructs a new Piece.

Parameters:

team - the team.

Method Detail

getIcon

public final java.lang.String getIcon()

Returns the htmlName.

Returns:

the name

getStartingPositions

public final java.lang.String getStartingPositions()

Returns the starting positions.

Returns:

the starting positions.

setStartingPositions

public final void setStartingPositions(java.lang.String startingPositions)

Sets the startign positions.

Parameters:

startingPositions - the starting positions.

getTeam

public final Team getTeam()

Returns:

Returns the team.

setTeam

public final void setTeam(Team team)

Parameters:

team - The team to set.

getName

public final java.lang.String getName()

Get the name of this piece.

Returns:

the name of the piece

validateMove

public final void validateMove(Move move,
                               Board board)
                        throws InvalidMoveException

Validate a move.

Parameters:

move - the move

board - the board

Throws:

InvalidMoveException - if the move is invalid.

validateDirection

public abstract void validateDirection(Move move,
                                       Board board)
                                throws InvalidMoveException

Validate a direction.

Parameters:

board - the board

move - the move

Throws:

InvalidMoveException - if the move is invalid.

validateTake

public final void validateTake(Move move,
                               Board board)
                        throws InvalidMoveException

Validate a take.

Parameters:

move - the move

board - the board

Throws:

InvalidMoveException - if the move is invalid.

moveIsATake

public final boolean moveIsATake(Position destination,
                                 Board board)

Whether the proposed move is a take. Note this doesn't validate the move or the take.

Parameters:

destination - the destination position.

board - the board

Returns:

whether the move is a take.

isJumper

public final boolean isJumper()

Returns:

Returns the canJump.

setJumper

public final void setJumper(boolean jumper)

Parameters:

jumper - The jumper to set.