Package Piece

Class Bishop

java.lang.Object

Piece.Piece

Piece.Bishop

public class Bishop
extends Piece

Represents a Bishop chess piece with movement logic restricted to diagonals.

This class handles the initialization, rendering, and valid move logic for a bishop. The bishop moves diagonally across the board and can travel any number of tiles as long as its path is unobstructed.

See Also:

• Piece
• Board

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Piece.Piece

col, color, name, row, sTScale, xpos, ypos

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Bishop(Board board, int col, int row, PieceColor color)	Constructs a Bishop piece at the specified board position and color.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isValidMove(int toCol, int toRow, Board board)	Determines whether a move to the specified coordinates is valid for a bishop.

Methods inherited from class Piece.Piece

getColor, paint, readMadeMove, switchMadeMove

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Bishop

public Bishop(Board board,
 int col,
 int row,
 PieceColor color)

Constructs a Bishop piece at the specified board position and color.

Initializes the bishop's coordinates, screen position, name, and sprite based on its color and location on the Board.

Parameters:

board - the board the bishop belongs to

col - the starting column of the bishop

row - the starting row of the bishop

color - the PieceColor of the bishop (white or black)

Method Details

isValidMove

public boolean isValidMove(int toCol,
 int toRow,
 Board board)

Determines whether a move to the specified coordinates is valid for a bishop.

A bishop can move any number of tiles diagonally, provided no pieces obstruct the path. This method checks for all four diagonal directions: up-right, up-left, down-right, and down-left.

Specified by:

isValidMove in class Piece

Parameters:

toCol - the destination column

toRow - the destination row

board - the current game Board to evaluate piece positions

Returns:

true if the move is valid; false otherwise