chess
Enum Piece

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Piece>
      chess.Piece

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Piece>

public enum Piece
extends java.lang.Enum<Piece>

Enum Constant Summary

bishop

empty

king

knight

pawn

queen

rook

Method Summary

static Piece	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Piece[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

pawn

public static final Piece pawn

knight

public static final Piece knight

bishop

public static final Piece bishop

rook

public static final Piece rook

queen

public static final Piece queen

king

public static final Piece king

empty

public static final Piece empty

Method Detail

values

public static final Piece[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for(Piece c : Piece.values())
        System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared

valueOf

public static Piece valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name