org.jscience.computing.game.chess
Class ChessGame

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.computing.game.AbstractGame
      org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessGame

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, GamePlay

public class ChessGame
extends AbstractGame

ChessGame provides all external functions needed to play chess. It contains a ChessBoard which represents the game status. It overwrites equals() and hashCode() to properly support serialized games.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ChessGame()
Creates a new ChessGame object.

ChessGame(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new ChessGame object.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() DOCUMENT ME!
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) This implementation of equals() does currently not care about the move history, it only considers the state of the board.
boolean	gameOver() Current limitations: gameOver() doesn't currently check for things like insufficient material for checkmate or 3rd repititions.
org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessBoard	getBoard() DOCUMENT ME!
int[]	getWinner() DOCUMENT ME!
int	hashCode() DOCUMENT ME!
GameMove[]	listLegalMoves() DOCUMENT ME!
int	nextPlayer() DOCUMENT ME!
protected boolean	popMove() DOCUMENT ME!
protected boolean	pushMove(GameMove move) DOCUMENT ME!
protected void	resetLists() overwritten to provide package access
java.lang.String	toString() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.AbstractGame

clearRedoList, getGameName, getLastMove, getLastPlayer, getLegalMoves, getLegalMoves, getMoveHistory, getNumberOfRedoMoves, getRedoList, getResult, isLegalMove, isWinner, loadFromFile, makeMove, numberOfMoves, numberOfPlayers, redoMove, resetLegalMoves, saveToFile, spawnChild, undoLastMove, undoMoves

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChessGame

public ChessGame()

Creates a new ChessGame object.

ChessGame

public ChessGame(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new ChessGame object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

resetLists

protected void resetLists()

overwritten to provide package access

Overrides:

resetLists in class AbstractGame

getWinner

public int[] getWinner()

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Returns:

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gameOver

public boolean gameOver()

Current limitations: gameOver() doesn't currently check for things like insufficient material for checkmate or 3rd repititions.

Overrides:

gameOver in class AbstractGame

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

nextPlayer

public int nextPlayer()

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Returns:

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listLegalMoves

public GameMove[] listLegalMoves()

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Specified by:

listLegalMoves in class AbstractGame

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

popMove

protected boolean popMove()

DOCUMENT ME!

Specified by:

popMove in class AbstractGame

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

pushMove

protected boolean pushMove(GameMove move)

DOCUMENT ME!

Specified by:

pushMove in class AbstractGame

Parameters:

move - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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getBoard

public org.jscience.computing.game.chess.ChessBoard getBoard()

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Returns:

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equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

This implementation of equals() does currently not care about the move history, it only considers the state of the board. That means that a board may be considered equal even though in one case a castling or enpassant move is possible and not in the other.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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hashCode

public int hashCode()

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Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

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toString

public java.lang.String toString()

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Overrides:

toString in class AbstractGame

Returns:

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clone

public java.lang.Object clone()
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

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Specified by:

clone in interface GamePlay

Overrides:

clone in class AbstractGame

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - DOCUMENT ME!

See Also:

AbstractGame.spawnChild(GameMove)