board initialisation (and test)

src/Main.java

@@ -10,17 +10,18 @@ public class Main {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		// testing : 
-		Board testBoard = new Board(9, 8);
+		Board testBoard = new Board(8, 8);
 		testBoard.populateBoard();
 		testBoard.getHeight();
 		testBoard.getWidth();
 		System.out.println(testBoard.toString());
+	    testBoard.populateBoard();
 		
-		Piece testPiece = new Piece();
+		/**Piece testPiece = new Piece(true, PieceType.Rook, 2,3);
 		testPiece.getX();
 		testPiece.getY();
 		testPiece.getType();
-		testPiece.isWhite();
+		testPiece.isWhite();*/
 		
 		
 		// launches graphical interface : 

src/backend/Board.java

@@ -8,16 +8,23 @@ public class Board {
 
 	private int colNum;
 	private int lineNum;
+	public String board[][];
+	private PieceType type;
+	private ArrayList<Piece> pieces;
+	
 
 	public Board(int colNum, int lineNum) {
 		this.colNum = colNum;
 		this.lineNum = lineNum;
-		String board[][] = new String[lineNum][colNum];
+		this.pieces = new ArrayList<>();
-		 for (int i = 0; i < lineNum; i++) {
+		
-	            for (int j = 0; j < colNum; j++) {
+		//board = new String[lineNum][colNum];
-	                board[i][j] = null;
+		// for (int i = 0; i < lineNum; i++) {
-	            }
+	     //       for (int j = 0; j < colNum; j++) {
-	        }
+	      //          board[i][j] = null;
+	     //       }
+	    //    }
+		
 	}
 
 	public int getWidth() {
@@ -41,26 +48,101 @@ public class Board {
 	}
 
 	public void setPiece(boolean isWhite, PieceType type, int x, int y) {
+		// Remove existing piece at coordinates (x,y)
+        pieces.removeIf(p -> p.getX() == x && p.getY() == y);
+        // Add new piece
+        pieces.add(new Piece(isWhite, type, x, y));
 		//TODO
 	}
 
+	
+	;
+	
 	public void populateBoard() {
-		//TODO
+		for(int x=0; x<8;x++) {
+			setPiece(false,PieceType.Pawn,x,1);
+			setPiece(true,PieceType.Pawn,x,6);
+		}
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Rook,0,0);
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Rook,7,0);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Rook,0,7);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Rook,7,7);
+		
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Knight,1,0);
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Knight,6,0);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Knight,1,7);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Knight,6,7);
+		
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Bishop,2,0);
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Bishop,5,0);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Bishop,2,7);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Bishop,5,7);
+		
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.Queen,3,0);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.Queen,3,7);
+		
+		setPiece(false,PieceType.King,4,0);
+		setPiece(true,PieceType.King,4,7);
 	}
 	
 	public void cleanBoard() {
+	    pieces.clear(); // Remove all pieces from the board
 		//TODO
 	}
 	
 	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+	    
+	    // Header (column labels)
+	    sb.append("  ");
+	    for (int x = 0; x < colNum; x++) {
+	        sb.append((char)('a' + x)).append(" ");
+	    }
+	    sb.append("\n");
+
+	    // Board rows (8 to 1, since chess starts from bottom)
+	    for (int y = 0; y < lineNum; y++) {
+	        sb.append(lineNum - y).append(" "); // Row number (8 to 1)
+	        
+	        for (int x = 0; x < colNum; x++) {
+	            boolean pieceFound = false;
+	            
+	            // Check if a piece exists at (x, y)
+	            for (Piece p : pieces) {
+	                if (p.getX() == x && p.getY() == y) {
+	                    char pieceChar = getPieceSymbol(p);
+	                    sb.append(pieceChar).append(" ");
+	                    pieceFound = true;
+	                    break;
+	                }
+	            }
+	            
+	            // If no piece, add a dot (.)
+	            if (!pieceFound) {
+	                sb.append(". ");
+	            }
+	        }
+	        sb.append("\n");
+	    }
 		//TODO
-		return "";
+	    return sb.toString();
+	}
+	// Helper method to convert Piece to symbol (e.g., 'K' for white king)
+	private char getPieceSymbol(Piece p) {
+	    char symbol;
+	    switch (p.getType()) {
+	        case Pawn:   symbol = 'P'; break;
+	        case Rook:   symbol = 'R'; break;
+	        case Knight: symbol = 'N'; break;
+	        case Bishop: symbol = 'B'; break;
+	        case Queen:  symbol = 'Q'; break;
+	        case King:   symbol = 'K'; break;
+	        default:     symbol = '?'; // Should never happen
+	    }
+	    return p.isWhite() ? symbol : Character.toLowerCase(symbol);
 	}
 	
 	public ArrayList<Piece> getPieces() {
-		ArrayList<Piece> pieces = new ArrayList<>();
-		//TODO
-		
 		return pieces;
 	}
 

src/backend/Piece.java

@@ -7,7 +7,19 @@ public class Piece {
 	private int y;
 	private PieceType type;
 	
+	// 
+    public Piece() {
+        // Leave empty or initialize default values
+    }
 
+    // 
+    public Piece(boolean isWhite, PieceType type, int x, int y) {
+        this.color = isWhite;
+        this.type = type;
+        this.x = x;
+        this.y = y;
+    }
+	
 
 	public int getX() {
 		System.out.println("The X value is " + x);