/** * Piece position class */ public class PiecePosition { /** * Piece's X location */ public int x; /** * Piece's Y location */ public int y; /** * Conversion to the string * @return string representation */ public String toString() { return String.valueOf((char) (x+97)) + (8-y); } /** * Parse PiecePosition from String * @param position parsed String * @return PiecePosition or null */ public static PiecePosition fromString(String position) { try { int x = position.charAt(0) - 97; int y = 8 - Integer.parseInt(String.valueOf(position.charAt(1))); return new PiecePosition(x, y); } catch (Exception e) { return null; } } /** * PiecePosition constructor * @param x piece's X location * @param y piece's Y location */ public PiecePosition(int x, int y) { this.x = x; this.y = y; } }