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- // Copyright 1994 by Jon Dart. All Rights Reserved.
-
- #ifndef _NOTATION_H
- #define _NOTATION_H
-
- #include "color.h"
- class Board;
- class Move;
-
- class Notation
- {
- // This class converts our internal move representation to
- // and from standard algebraic notation.
-
- public:
- static void Image(const Board &b, const Move &m,
- char *result );
- // Returns a human-readable string image of a move in "result".
- // "b" must be the board position before the move is made.
-
- static Move Value( const Board &b,
- const ColorType color, char *str);
- // Parses "str", assuming it contains a move for side "color",
- // in the same string format returned by Image(). Returns
- // NullMove if the string cannot be parsed or if the move is
- // ambiguous. Note: a successful return value does not
- // necessarily mean the move is legal.
- };
-
- #endif