/*  PlyNotation - This interace defines the functionality to notate a ply.  Copyright (C) 2003 The Java-Chess team <info@java-chess.de>  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.notation;import de.java_chess.javaChess.piece.*;import de.java_chess.javaChess.ply.*;/** * This interface defines the functionality to notate a ply. */public interface PlyNotation {        // Methods    /**     * Render this ply as a string.     *     * @return The notated ply as a string.     */    String toString();    /**     * Get the piece of this ply.     *     * @return The piece, that is moved with this ply.     */    Piece getPiece();    /**     * Set the piece, that is moved with this ply.     *     * @param ply The moved ply.     */    void setPiece( Piece piece);    /**     * Get the ply of this notation.     *     * @return The ply for this notation.     */    Ply getPly();    /**     * Set the ply for this notation.     *     * @param ply The ply for this notation.     */    void setPly( Ply ply);    /**     * Check if the piece captures another piece with this ply.     *     * @return true, if another piece is captureed with this ply.     */    boolean isCapture();    /**     * Get the flag for a check.     *     * @return true, if the opponent is in check.     */    boolean isCheck();    /**     * Set the flag for a check.     *     * @param check, true if the oppenent is in check.     */    void setCheck( boolean check);    /**     * Get the flag for a checkmate.     *     * @return true, if the opponent is checkmate.     */    boolean isCheckMate();    /**     * Set the flag for a checkmate.     *     * @param check, true if the oppenent is checkmate.     */    void setCheckMate( boolean checkMate);    /**     * Get the notation for a piece type.     *     * @param pieceType The piece type.     *     * @return The notation for a piece type.     */    String getPieceTypeNotation( byte pieceType);}