To Implement Comparable for the ChessPiece Class, the Current ChessPiece's

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Essay

To implement Comparable for the ChessPiece class, the current ChessPiece's type is compared to a ChessPiece passed as a parameter. The method should return 0 if the types are equal, -1 if this piece's type is a lesser piece than the parameter's type, and 1 if this piece's type is a greater piece than the parameter's type. Pieces are ordered as follows: "Pawn" is a lesser piece to a "Knight" and a "Bishop", "Knight" and "Bishop" are equivalent for this example, both are lesser pieces to a "Rook" which is a lesser piece to a "Queen" which is a lesser piece to a "King." Write the proper method to implement Comparable for this class.

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