com.editev.chess.piece
Class Knight

java.lang.Object
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public class Knight

extends Piece

A Knight is a Piece can jump any other Piece but otherwise has no special rules.

See Also:

the source here.

Inner classes inherited from class com.editev.chess.Chess

Chess.Black, Chess.White

Field Summary

static byte[][]	MOVES An array of all the possible Knight moves as byte offsets.
static Knight	PIECE The unique/singleton instantiation of Knight.

Fields inherited from class com.editev.chess.piece.Piece

moves

Fields inherited from class com.editev.chess.Chess

BLACK, NO_MOVE, NO_PIECE, WHITE

Constructor Summary

private

Knight() This class is a singleton, so the constructor is private.

Method Summary

boolean

pieceBetween(Move move, Board board) The knight jumps all pieces so piecesBetween always returns false.

Methods inherited from class com.editev.chess.piece.Piece

applyMoveToBoard, applyMoveToState, firstMoveIndex, getColumnOffset, getRowOffset, incrementMoveIndex, isCapture, isIllegal, isIrreversible, moreMoves, setMoveIndex, undoMoveToBoard

Methods inherited from class com.editev.chess.Chess

notColor, toColor, toColor, toColorName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MOVES

public static final byte[][] MOVES

An array of all the possible Knight moves as byte offsets.

PIECE

public static final Knight PIECE

The unique/singleton instantiation of Knight.

Constructor Detail

Knight

private Knight()

This class is a singleton, so the constructor is private.

Method Detail

pieceBetween

public boolean pieceBetween(Move move,
                            Board board)

The knight jumps all pieces so piecesBetween always returns false.

Overrides:

pieceBetween in class Piece

Returns:

false always.