Apple Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


Country: United States
Interview Type: In-Person




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Chessboard: contains a matrix of chess pieces objects
Player: contains a list of references to his/her active chesspieces
Chess piece: contanis color or player, and what type of piece is it (tower, horse...)

boolean canMove(pieceType, start_x_pos, end_x_pos, start_y_pos, end_y_pos){
if (type equals horse){
canMoveHorse (pieceType, start_x_pos, end_x_pos, start_y_pos, end_y_pos);
}
else if (type equals horse){...}
...
}

test1: the piece is at the indicated position
test2: the piece has the same color at before it was moved
test3: if there was another piece at the end position, now it has been removed from the chessboard and from its player's list
test4: if it is a queen, tower, ... check that before the movement there wasn't any other piece in the path
test5: check that the other pieces are at the same places where they were before the movement

- Raven October 15, 2012 | Flag Reply


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