chessThreaded
Class ChessPiece

java.lang.Object
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  +--chessThreaded.ChessPiece

public class ChessPiece

extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

ChessPiece()
Creates a new instance of ChessPiece

ChessPiece(char col, java.lang.String pc)
Creates a new instance of ChessPiece if any problems, make it empty

Method Summary

boolean	empty() report whether a piece is really an empty space
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) determine if two chess pieces are equal valued
char	getColor()
java.lang.String	getPiece()
int	getValue() report an estimated value of a piece - very rough - never beat Kasparov with this
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Used for testing pieces class - kinda sparse test right now
boolean	setColor(char col) change value for a pieces color - indicate failure if bad value passed
boolean	setPiece(java.lang.String pc) change value for a pieces type - indicate failure if bad value passed
java.lang.String	toString() make ready for presentation an empty piece is shown as blank
static boolean	validColor(char col) static method to determine if a potential piece color is a valid piece color
static boolean	validPieceType(java.lang.String pc) static method to determine if a potential piece type is a valid piece type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChessPiece

public ChessPiece()

Creates a new instance of ChessPiece

ChessPiece

public ChessPiece(char col,
                  java.lang.String pc)

Creates a new instance of ChessPiece if any problems, make it empty

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

determine if two chess pieces are equal valued

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

make ready for presentation an empty piece is shown as blank

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getColor

public char getColor()

getPiece

public java.lang.String getPiece()

getValue

public int getValue()

report an estimated value of a piece - very rough - never beat Kasparov with this

empty

public boolean empty()

report whether a piece is really an empty space

validPieceType

public static boolean validPieceType(java.lang.String pc)

static method to determine if a potential piece type is a valid piece type

validColor

public static boolean validColor(char col)

static method to determine if a potential piece color is a valid piece color

setColor

public boolean setColor(char col)

change value for a pieces color - indicate failure if bad value passed

setPiece

public boolean setPiece(java.lang.String pc)

change value for a pieces type - indicate failure if bad value passed

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Used for testing pieces class - kinda sparse test right now

Parameters:

args - the command line arguments