/**
* Checks whether the position is located on the playing area or the outer dots.
*
* @param p the position of which should be determined whether it is on the board
*/
public boolean isPositionOnPlayAreaOrOuterDots(Position p) {
int col = p.getColName() - 'a' + 1;
int row = p.getRowNumber();
// See google doc for explanation of the formula
return !(row <= 0 || col >= 10 || row + col >= 15 || col - row <= -5 || col <= 0);
}
/**
* Checks whether the position is located on the inner board (the playing area). Returns false for
* positions on the outer positions, as well as positions that are not on the board.
*
* <p>By Leroy
*
* @param p position of which is to be determined whether the position is located on the inner
* board
*/
private boolean isOnInnerBoard(Position p) {
int col = p.getColName() - 'a' + 1;
int row = p.getRowNumber();
// See google doc for explanation of the formula
return !(row <= 1 || col >= 9 || row + col >= 14 || col - row <= -4 || col <= 1);
}
/** By Dingding */
private Set<Line.Segment> getRemovableLineSegments(
Map<Position, Piece> pieceMap, PieceColor pieceColor) {
Set<Line.Segment> removableLines = new HashSet<>();
Set<Line> linesOnTheBoard =
Line.getLinesOnTheBoard(
this); // Get all the possible lines on the board. Positions don't need to be occupied.
for (Line line : linesOnTheBoard) {
Position currentPosition = line.getStartPosition();
Position startOfSegment = null;
Position endOfSegment = null;
Direction direction = line.getDirection();
int consecutivePieces =
0; // We start at a dot position, so we can assume that we don't start in a set of
// consecutive pieces
boolean isInLineSegment = false;
// Break the for-loop if an endOfSegment has been found (because the largest lines only have 7
// positions on the board, there
// can't be more than one set of four pieces of the same color (requiring at least 9
// positions) on the board.
for (;
endOfSegment == null && isPositionOnPlayAreaOrOuterDots(currentPosition);
currentPosition = currentPosition.next(direction)) {
PieceColor currentPieceColor =
pieceMap.containsKey(currentPosition)
? pieceMap.get(currentPosition).getPieceColor()
: null;
// Update the consecutivePieces
if (currentPieceColor == pieceColor) consecutivePieces++;
if (consecutivePieces == 4) isInLineSegment = true;
if (currentPieceColor != pieceColor) consecutivePieces = 0;
if (isInLineSegment) {
if (isDotPosition(currentPosition) || currentPieceColor == null) {
endOfSegment = currentPosition.previous(direction);
}
}
// Update the startOfSegment if necessary
if (startOfSegment == null) {
if (currentPieceColor != null) {
startOfSegment = currentPosition;
}
}
if (currentPieceColor == null && endOfSegment == null) {
startOfSegment = null;
}
// Add a line segment to the list if we have found one
if (endOfSegment != null) {
removableLines.add(new Line.Segment(this, startOfSegment, endOfSegment, direction));
}
}
}
return removableLines;
}