Package chessapi4j

This package contains the object orientated classes of chessapi4j. This classes are not compatible with those of the functional package.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
Evaluator	Interface for heuristics position evaluation.
Search	Interface for search algorithms.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AdvanceUtil	Low-level utilities that are not entirely safe but very fast.
Bitboard	Wrapped bitboard class for some debugging or experimenting purposes.
EcoDescriptor	A simple data class with the ECO code and the opening name.
EvaluatorFactory	Factory for Evaluator implementations.
Game	The Game class represents a chess game.
Generator	This class is intended to generate all possible moves from an original position.
GeneratorFactory	Factory class for Generator instances.
Move	Move representation.
MoveDetector	Class for move detection between two positions.
MoveFactory	Factory class for Move instances.
PGNHandler	This class provides methods and tools for manipulating and converting chess moves into PGN format.
PGNMove	Represents a move with Portable Game Notation (PGN) properties.
Position	Position representation.
PositionFactory	Utility factory class for Position instances.
Rules	Utility class for game rules.
SearchFactory	Factory class for Search implementations.
Tag	This class provides a simple structure to represent a tag with a name and a corresponding value, along with methods for manipulation and comparison.
Util	Utility class.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
MoveDirection	Basic enum for move direction and sense.
Piece	Enum basic class for pieces.
Side	Enum for sides on the board.
Square	Basis enum for squares.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
MissingECOException	This exception is thrown when a game produce no result in the ECO code search.
MovementException	It's thrown when move inconsistencies happens.