Chess::GenericMove Class Reference

A chess move independent of chess variant or opening book format. More...

#include <genericmove.h>

Public Member Functions
	GenericMove ()
	GenericMove (const Square &sourceSquare, const Square &targetSquare, int promotion)
bool	isNull () const
bool	operator!= (const GenericMove &other) const
bool	operator== (const GenericMove &other) const
int	promotion () const
void	setPromotion (int pieceType)
void	setSourceSquare (const Square &square)
void	setTargetSquare (const Square &square)
Square	sourceSquare () const
Square	targetSquare () const

Detailed Description

A chess move independent of chess variant or opening book format.

When a move is made by a human or retrieved from an opening book of any kind, it will be in this format. Later it can be converted to Chess::Move by a Chess::Board object.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Chess::GenericMove::GenericMove

(

)

Constructs a new null (empty) move.

Chess::GenericMove::GenericMove	(	const Square &	sourceSquare,
		const Square &	targetSquare,
		int	promotion
	)

Constructs and initializes a new move.

Member Function Documentation

bool Chess::GenericMove::isNull

(

)

const

Returns true if this is a null move.

bool Chess::GenericMove::operator!=

(

const GenericMove &

other

)

const

Returns true if other is different from this move.

bool Chess::GenericMove::operator==

(

const GenericMove &

other

)

const

Returns true if other is the same as this move.

int Chess::GenericMove::promotion

(

)

const

Type of the promotion piece.

void Chess::GenericMove::setPromotion

(

int

pieceType

)

Sets the promotion type to pieceType.

void Chess::GenericMove::setSourceSquare

(

const Square &

square

)

Sets the source square to square.

void Chess::GenericMove::setTargetSquare

(

const Square &

square

)

Sets the target square to square.

Square Chess::GenericMove::sourceSquare

(

)

const

The source square.

Square Chess::GenericMove::targetSquare

(

)

const

The target square.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• projects/lib/src/board/genericmove.h
• projects/lib/src/board/genericmove.cpp