/// <summary>
/// This constructor will initialize the ChessBoard as a standard chessboard.
/// </summary>
public ChessBoard()
{
board = new Piece[BOARD_SIZE, BOARD_SIZE];
// A lot of pawns
for (int i = 0; i < BOARD_SIZE; i++)
{
board[1, i] = new Pieces.Pawn(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[6, i] = new Pieces.Pawn(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
}
// Two kings
board[0, 4] = new Pieces.King(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[7, 4] = new Pieces.King(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
// Two queens
board[0, 3] = new Pieces.Queen(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[7, 3] = new Pieces.Queen(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
// All the bishops
board[0, 2] = new Pieces.Bishop(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[0, 5] = new Pieces.Bishop(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[7, 5] = new Pieces.Bishop(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
board[7, 2] = new Pieces.Bishop(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
// All the knights
board[0, 1] = new Pieces.Knight(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[0, 6] = new Pieces.Knight(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[7, 6] = new Pieces.Knight(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
board[7, 1] = new Pieces.Knight(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
// All the rooks
board[0, 0] = new Pieces.Rook(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[0, 7] = new Pieces.Rook(MoveDirection.Up, PieceColor.White);
board[7, 7] = new Pieces.Rook(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
board[7, 0] = new Pieces.Rook(MoveDirection.Down, PieceColor.Black);
}
/// <summary>
/// This constructor will set up the chessboard in accordance to the encoded networkBoard string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="networkBoard">An encoded string representing a ChessBoard</param>
public ChessBoard(string networkBoard)
{
board = new Piece[BOARD_SIZE, BOARD_SIZE];
// All the pieces are seperated with a _
string[] pieces = networkBoard.Split('_');
foreach (string piece in pieces)
{
if (piece == "")
{
continue;
}
string[] pieceInfo = piece.Split(',');
// Handling numbers that are not numbers
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
try
{
x = int.Parse(pieceInfo[1]);
y = int.Parse(pieceInfo[2]);
} catch (FormatException e)
{
continue;
}
// No positioning outside of the board
if (x >= BOARD_SIZE || x < 0 || y >= BOARD_SIZE || y < 0)
{
continue;
}
PieceColor color = PieceColor.Black;
if (pieceInfo[3] == "White")
{
color = PieceColor.White;
}
MoveDirection direction = MoveDirection.Up;
if (pieceInfo[4] == "Down")
{
direction = MoveDirection.Down;
}
Piece newPiece = null;
switch (pieceInfo[0])
{
case "bishop":
newPiece = new Pieces.Bishop(direction, color);
break;
case "king":
newPiece = new Pieces.King(direction, color);
break;
case "knight":
newPiece = new Pieces.Knight(direction, color);
break;
case "pawn":
newPiece = new Pieces.Pawn(direction, color);
break;
case "queen":
newPiece = new Pieces.Queen(direction, color);
break;
case "rook":
newPiece = new Pieces.Rook(direction, color);
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("Unknown piece " + piece);
continue;
break;
}
board[y, x] = newPiece;
}
}
