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

◆ GenericMove() [1/2]

Chess::GenericMove::GenericMove ( )

Constructs a new null (empty) move.

◆ GenericMove() [2/2]

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

Constructs and initializes a new move.

Member Function Documentation

◆ isNull()

bool Chess::GenericMove::isNull ( ) const

Returns true if this is a null move.

◆ operator!=()

bool Chess::GenericMove::operator!= ( const GenericMove & other ) const

Returns true if other is different from this move.

◆ operator==()

bool Chess::GenericMove::operator== ( const GenericMove & other ) const

Returns true if other is the same as this move.

◆ promotion()

int Chess::GenericMove::promotion ( ) const

Type of the promotion piece.

◆ setPromotion()

void Chess::GenericMove::setPromotion ( int pieceType )

Sets the promotion type to pieceType.

◆ setSourceSquare()

void Chess::GenericMove::setSourceSquare ( const Square & square )

Sets the source square to square.

◆ setTargetSquare()

void Chess::GenericMove::setTargetSquare ( const Square & square )

Sets the target square to square.

◆ sourceSquare()

Square Chess::GenericMove::sourceSquare ( ) const

The source square.

◆ targetSquare()

Square Chess::GenericMove::targetSquare ( ) const

The target square.

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

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

Public Member Functions