Package Piece

Class Pawn

java.lang.Object

Piece.Piece

Piece.Pawn

public class Pawn
extends Piece

Represents a Pawn chess piece with movement logic with 2 squares (on initial move) or 1 square forward on the chess board.

This class handles the initialization, rendering, and valid move logic for a pawn. The pawn moves 2 squares (on initial move) or 1 square forward on the chess board. A capture is possible 1 square diagonally left or right forward facing.

See Also:

• Piece
• Board

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Piece.Piece

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

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

Pawn

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

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

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

Parameters:

board - the board the pawn belongs to

col - the starting column of the pawn

row - the starting row of the pawn

color - the PieceColor of the pawn (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 Pawn.

A pawn can move 2 squares (on initial move tracked by Piece.readMadeMove()) or 1 square forward on the chess board. A capture is possible 1 square diagonally left or right forward facing. 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