House/Loops

import java.util.Scanner;

public class House {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
        int n = Integer.parseInt(console.nextLine());
        if (n % 2 == 0) {
            for (int i = 1; i <= n / 2; i++) {
                System.out.print(method("-", ((n / 2) - 1) - i + 1) + method("**", i) + method("-", ((n / 2 - 1)) - i + 1));
                System.out.println();
            }
            for (int i = 1; i <= n/2; i++) {
                System.out.print("|"+method("*",n-2)+"|");
                System.out.println();
            }
        }
        else if (n%2!=0){
            for (int i = 1; i <=(n+1)/2 ; i++) {
                System.out.print(method("-", ((n +1 )/2) - i ) + method("*", i)+method("*",i-1) + method("-", ((n+1)/ 2)-i));
                System.out.println();
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < (n-1)/2; i++) {
                System.out.print("|"+method("*",n-2)+"|");
                System.out.println();
            }
            }
        }

    public static String method(String text, int count) {
        String output = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
            output = output + text;
        }
        return output;
    }
}