Package Piece

Class Knight

java.lang.Object

Piece.Piece

Piece.Knight

public class Knight
extends Piece

Represents a Knight chess piece with movement logic in an "L" shape directed on the chess board.

This class handles the initialization, rendering, and valid move logic for a knight. The knight moves in an "L" shape restricted to 2 squares in one direction (either vertically or horizontally) and then 1 square perpendicularly to that direction on the chess board.

See Also:

• Piece
• Board

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Piece.Piece

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Knight(Board board, int col, int row, PieceColor color)	Constructs a Knight 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 Knight.

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

Knight

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

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

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

Parameters:

board - the board the knight belongs to

col - the starting column of the knight

row - the starting row of the knight

color - the PieceColor of the knight (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 Knight.

A knight can move in an "L" shape restricted to 2 squares in tne direction (either vertically or horizontally) and then 1 square perpendicularly to that direction on the chess board. This method checks for logic.

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