Move the board code out to ui as it's only for board visualisation

ui/CMakeLists.txt

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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.7)
+
+# game project
+project( ui )
+
+include_directories(
+	../maths
+	../game
+)
+
+# Set to use c++11, because we're cool like that
+set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} --std=c++11" )
+
+# Add the sources 
+set( SOURCES 
+	board.cpp
+)
+
+add_library( ui ${SOURCES} )

ui/board.cpp

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+#include "board.h"
+
+// ----------------------------------------------
+
+// Default constructor for the board
+CBoard::CBoard( unsigned int c, unsigned int r )
+: cols ( c )
+, rows ( r )
+, total ( rows * cols )
+{
+	board.resize(total,square_empty);
+}
+
+
+// constructor
+CBoard::CBoard( unsigned int c, unsigned int r, vunitVis_c&& b )
+: cols ( c )
+, rows ( r )
+, total ( rows * cols )
+, board ( std::move(b) )
+{
+	board.resize(total,square_empty);
+}
+
+// print get a slot on the board
+unitVis_c CBoard::get( const unsigned int c, const unsigned int r ) const
+{
+	if ( (r >= rows) || (c >= cols) )
+		return square_invalid;
+
+	return board[r*c];
+}
+
+// Get a square on the board
+unitVis_c CBoard::set( const unsigned int c, const unsigned int r , const unitVis_c n )
+{
+	if ( (r >= rows) || (c >= cols) )
+		return square_invalid;
+
+	unitVis_c old = board[r*c];
+	board[r*c] = n;
+	return old;
+}

ui/board.h

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+#ifndef _BOARD_H_
+#define _BOARD_H_
+
+#include "gametypes.h"
+#include "basetypes.h"
+
+#include <limits>       // std::numeric_limits
+#include <vector>   	// std::vector
+
+typedef std::vector< unitVis_c > vunitVis_c;
+
+// Invalid value for the board square
+constexpr unitVis_c square_invalid = std::numeric_limits<unitVis_c>::max();
+constexpr unitVis_c square_empty = ' ';
+
+// Class to store simple data about a board
+class CBoard
+{
+public:
+
+	const unsigned int cols; 		// Number of columns
+	const unsigned int rows; 		// Number of rows
+	const unsigned int total;		// Total number of pieces
+
+	// constructor
+	CBoard( unsigned int c, unsigned int r );
+
+	// constructor
+	CBoard( unsigned int c, unsigned int r, vunitVis_c&& b );
+
+	// Default destructor
+	~CBoard() = default;
+
+	// clear the board
+	inline void clear() { fill(square_empty); }
+
+	// fill the board
+	inline void fill(unitVis_c v) { std::fill(board.begin(),board.end(),v); };
+
+	// Get a square on the board
+	unitVis_c get( const unsigned int c, const unsigned int r ) const;
+
+	// Get the full board
+	inline const vunitVis_c& get() const { return board; };
+
+	// Get a square on the board
+	unitVis_c set( const unsigned int c, const unsigned int r , const unitVis_c n );
+
+private:
+
+	vunitVis_c board; 	// Board data storage
+}; 
+
+#endif //_BOARD_H_