if ( $jumper->hasPeg() ) {

##</code><code>##

package boardTree;

use lib('.');
use board;
use hole;
use warnings;
use diagnostics;
use Data::Dumper;
use strict;
use Exporter;
use vars qw ($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS);
$VERSION 	= 1.00;
@ISA		= qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT		= ();
@EXPORT_OK	= qw( &new );
%EXPORT_TAGS	= ( DEFAULT => [qw ( &new )] );


#
# new - boardTree constructor
#
sub new {
	my ($pkg, $board, $index, $level, $links ) = @_;
	my $obj = bless {
		board	=> $board,
		index	=> defined( $index ) ? $index : 0,
		level	=> defined( $level ) ? $level : 0,
		links	=> defined( $links ) ? $links : []
	}, $pkg;
	return $obj;
}

		
sub makeLinks {
	my $obj = shift;
	my $nextLevel = $obj->{'level'} + 1;
print "nextLevel => $nextLevel\n";
	for my $jumper ( $obj->{'board'}->getHoles() ) {
		print __FILE__ . " $jumper\n";
		if ( $jumper->hasPeg() ) {
			for my $jumpy ( $jumper->getLinks() ) {
				my $rc = $jumpy->jumpingOver( $jumper->getIndex() );
				if ( $rc > -1 ) {
					my @nholes = (); 
					for ($obj->{'board'}->getHoles()) {
						my %newHole = %$_;
						push ( @nholes, \%newHole );
					}
					$nholes[$jumpy->getIndex()]->{'peg'} = 'white';
					$nholes[$jumper->getIndex()]->{'peg'} = 'white';
					$nholes[$rc]->{'peg'} = 'black';

					my $newBoard = new board( \@nholes, $nextLevel );
					push( @{$obj->{'links'}}, 
						new boardTree ( 
							$newBoard, 
							$obj->{'index'} + 1,
							$nextLevel,
							[] ));
					$obj->{'links'}[$obj->getNumLinks()-1]->makeLinks();
				}
			}
		}
	}
}		

#
# returns the links attribute
#

sub getLinks {
	my $obj = shift;
	return @{$obj->{'links'}};
}

sub getNumLinks {
	my $obj = shift;
	return $#{@{$obj->{'links'}}} + 1;
}

#
# print out the object
#

sub dumpPretty {
	my $obj = shift;
	print __FILE__ . "[" . __LINE__ . "] level => " . $obj->{'level'} . ":\n"; 
	$obj->{'board'}->dumpPretty();
	print "\tno links = " .  $obj->getNumLinks() . "\n";
	for my $l ( $obj->getLinks() ) {
		$l->dumpPretty();
	}
		
}

##</code><code>##

					my @nholes = (); 
					for ($obj->{'board'}->getHoles()) {
						my %newHole = %$_;
						push ( @nholes, \%newHole );
					}
					$nholes[$jumpy->getIndex()]->{'peg'} = 'white';
					$nholes[$jumper->getIndex()]->{'peg'} = 'white';
					$nholes[$rc]->{'peg'} = 'black';

					my $newBoard = new board( \@nholes, $nextLevel );