chessboardrenderer.java

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/*
  ChessBoardRenderer - A interface to implement a chess board rendering
                       component.

  Copyright (C) 2003 The Java-Chess team <[e-mail]>

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
*/ 

package de.java_chess.javaChess.renderer;

import de.java_chess.javaChess.board.*;
import de.java_chess.javaChess.ply.*;


/**
 * This interface defines the functionality of a chessboard renderer.
 */
public interface ChessBoardRenderer {
    

    /**
     * Get the current board.
     *
     * @return The current board.
     */
    public Board getBoard();

    /**
     * Set a new board.
     *
     * @param board The new board.
     */
    public void setBoard(Board board);

    /**
     * Repaint the current board.
     */
    public void repaintBoard();

    /**
     * Render a piece move.
     *
     * @param ply The ply to render.
     */
    public void doPly( Ply ply);
}