connect-four/src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/GameBoard.java

/*
    Connect four - written in java
    Copyright (C) 2020 Oliver Schappacher and Dorian Zedler

    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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

package de.itsblue.ConnectFour;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;


public class GameBoard extends JPanel {

    /**
     *
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public int BoardRows = 6;
    public int BoardColumns = 7;
    JPanel[][] BoardContainers = new JPanel[BoardColumns][BoardRows];

    public boolean insertPlate(Plate plate, int column) {

        // check if the column is out of range
        if(column > BoardColumns-1)
            return false;
        
        // search for an empty row
        for(int i = BoardRows-1; i >= 0; i--) {
            if(this.BoardContainers[column][i].getComponents().length == 0) {
                // if the container is empty -> add the plate
                this.BoardContainers[column][i].add(plate);
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

    public void initBoard() {

        // configure the main layout
        this.setLayout(new GridLayout(this.BoardColumns,this.BoardRows+1));

        // fill the grid with containers
        for (int i = 0; i < BoardRows; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < BoardColumns; j++) {
                // create the container
                this.BoardContainers[j][i] = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
                this.BoardContainers[j][i].setPreferredSize(new Dimension(20, 20));

                // add the container
                this.add(this.BoardContainers[j][i]);
            }
        }
    }


    /*void winningCondition() {
        for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            for (int j = 0; j <= 6; j++) {
                if (GameBoard[i][j] == p && GameBoard[i + 1][j] == p && GameBoard[i + 2][j] == p
                        && GameBoard[i + 3][j] == p) {
                    finish = true;
                }
            }
        for (int i = 0; i <= 5; i++)
            for (int j = 0; j <= 3; j++) {
                if (GameBoard[i][j] == p && GameBoard[i][j + 1] == p && GameBoard[i][j + 2] == p
                        && GameBoard[i][j + 3] == p)
                    finish = true;
            }

        for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            for (int j = 0; j <= 3; j++) {
                if (GameBoard[i][j] == p && GameBoard[i + 1][j + 1] == p && GameBoard[i + 2][j + 2] == p
                        && GameBoard[i + 3][j + 3] == p)
                    finish = true;
            }

        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
            for (int j = 6; j > 2; j--) {
                if (GameBoard[i][j] == p && GameBoard[i + 1][j - 1] == p && GameBoard[i + 2][j - 2] == p
                        && GameBoard[i + 3][j - 3] == p)
                    finish = true;
            }
            
    }*/



     /*void switchPlayer() {
        if (p != 1)
            p = 1;
        else
            p = 1;
    }*/

    GameBoard() {
        this.initBoard();

    }

}