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63 changes: 48 additions & 15 deletions src/main/java/de/cas/mse/exercise/diamond/Diamond.java
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public class Diamond {

public String print(int n) {
if (n <= 0 || n % 2 == 0) {
private static final char WHITESPACE = ' ';
private static final char LINEBREAK = '\n';
private static final char STAR = '*';

public String print(int width) {
if (isInvalidWidth(width)) {
return null;
}
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(new String(make(n, n)));
for (int i = n - 2; i > 0; i -= 2) {
char[] chars = make(n, i);
builder.insert(0, chars);
builder.append(chars);
StringBuilder builder = generateBuilderWithMiddleRowInserted(width);
for (int i = width - 2; i > 0; i -= 2) {
char[] row = generateRow(width, i);
builder.insert(0, row);
builder.append(row);
}
return builder.toString();
}

private char[] make(int i, int j) {
int amount = ((i - j) / 2);
char[] chars = new char[amount + j + 1];
if (amount > 0) {
Arrays.fill(chars, 0, amount, ' ');
private StringBuilder generateBuilderWithMiddleRowInserted(int width) {
return new StringBuilder(new String(generateRow(width, width)));
}

private boolean isInvalidWidth(int width) {
return isNegativ(width) || isEven(width);
}

private boolean isEven(int width) {
return width % 2 == 0;
}

private boolean isNegativ(int width) {
return width <= 0;
}

private char[] generateRow(int maxRowWidth, int starCountForRow) {
int frontPaddingSize = ((maxRowWidth - starCountForRow) / 2);
char[] row = new char[frontPaddingSize + starCountForRow + 1];
insertFrontPadding(frontPaddingSize, row);
insertStars(starCountForRow, frontPaddingSize, row);
insertLineBreak(row);
return row;
}

private void insertLineBreak(char[] row) {
row[row.length - 1] = LINEBREAK;
}

private void insertStars(int starCountForRow, int offset, char[] row) {
int toIndex = offset + starCountForRow;
Arrays.fill(row, offset, toIndex, STAR);
}

private void insertFrontPadding(int whitespaceCount, char[] row) {
if (whitespaceCount > 0) {
Arrays.fill(row, 0, whitespaceCount, WHITESPACE);
}
Arrays.fill(chars, amount, amount + j, '*');
chars[chars.length - 1] = '\n';
return chars;
}

}