ictk.boardgame.chess
Class Pawn

java.lang.Object
  ictk.boardgame.Piece
      ictk.boardgame.chess.ChessPiece
          ictk.boardgame.chess.Pawn

public class Pawn

extends ChessPiece

Field Summary

static byte

INDEX

Fields inherited from class ictk.boardgame.chess.ChessPiece

BLACK_OFFSET, NULL_PIECE

Constructor Summary

Pawn()

Pawn(boolean blackness)

Pawn(boolean blackness, Square o, ChessBoard _board)

Method Summary

boolean	hasMoved()
boolean	isBlockable(Square target)
boolean	isBlockable(Square blocker, ChessPiece target) checks to see if another piece may be able to intercede between the piece's origin and destination square
boolean	isLegalAttack(Square target) same as isLegalDests except for special moves like castle and pawn moves.
boolean	isPawn()
static boolean	isPromotionSquare(Square sq, boolean isBlack) if the pawn reaches this square will it promote.
boolean	onEnPassantRank() is this pawn on the a possible enpassant rank (not the file).

Methods inherited from class ictk.boardgame.chess.ChessPiece

dump, getBoard, getGuardSquares, getIndex, getLegalDests, getLineOfSight, getLineOfSight, getLineOfSight, getPinnedBy, getSquare, isBishop, isBlack, isCaptured, isGuarding, isGuarding, isKing, isKnight, isLegalDest, isQueen, isRook, removeLegalDests, setBoard, setCaptured, toChessPiece, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INDEX

public static final byte INDEX

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Pawn

public Pawn()

Pawn

public Pawn(boolean blackness)

Pawn

public Pawn(boolean blackness,
            Square o,
            ChessBoard _board)

Method Detail

onEnPassantRank

public boolean onEnPassantRank()

is this pawn on the a possible enpassant rank (not the file).

isBlockable

public boolean isBlockable(Square target)

isBlockable

public boolean isBlockable(Square blocker,
                           ChessPiece target)

Description copied from class: ChessPiece

checks to see if another piece may be able to intercede between the piece's origin and destination square

Overrides:

isBlockable in class ChessPiece

Parameters:

blocker - - the proposed square that can block the attack

target - - the piece under attack

Returns:

true - the blocker intercedes the attack

isLegalAttack

public boolean isLegalAttack(Square target)

Description copied from class: ChessPiece

same as isLegalDests except for special moves like castle and pawn moves.

Overrides:

isLegalAttack in class ChessPiece

hasMoved

public boolean hasMoved()

isPromotionSquare

public static boolean isPromotionSquare(Square sq,
                                        boolean isBlack)

if the pawn reaches this square will it promote. not sure how useful this function is.

isPawn

public boolean isPawn()

Overrides:

isPawn in class ChessPiece