// CSE 142, Autumn 2009
// Marty Stepp
//
// This program produces a text figure that looks like a mirror.
// It uses nested loops to capture the repetition of characters on each line.
// This version also uses a class constant so that the figure can be resized.

public class MirrorConstant {
    public static final int SIZE = 7;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        line();
        topHalf();
        bottomHalf();
        line();
    }
    
    // Draws the figure's top/bottom line of #===...===# .
    public static void line() {
        System.out.print("#");
        for (int equal = 1; equal <= (4 * SIZE); equal++) {
            System.out.print("=");
        }
        System.out.println("#");
    }
    
    // Draws the top half of the mirror's center,
    // with patterns of lines represented by nested loops.
    public static void topHalf() {
        for (int line = 1; line <= SIZE; line++) {
            // print the contents of each line

            // |
            System.out.print("|");

            // print a space, (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)) times
            for (int space = 1; space <= (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)); space++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            // <>
            System.out.print("<>");

            // print a dot, (4 * line - 4) times
            for (int dot = 1; dot <= (4 * line - 4); dot++) {
                System.out.print(".");
            }

            // <>
            System.out.print("<>");

            // print a space, (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)) times
            for (int space = 1; space <= (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)); space++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            // |
            System.out.println("|");
        }
    }
    
    // Draws the bottom half of the mirror's center,
    // with patterns of lines represented by nested loops.
    // This is the same code as the top half, but the order of
    // the lines has been reversed.
    public static void bottomHalf() {
        for (int line = SIZE; line >= 1; line--) {
            // print the contents of each line

            // |
            System.out.print("|");

            // print a space, (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)) times
            for (int space = 1; space <= (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)); space++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            // <>
            System.out.print("<>");

            // print a dot, (4 * line - 4) times
            for (int dot = 1; dot <= (4 * line - 4); dot++) {
                System.out.print(".");
            }

            // <>
            System.out.print("<>");

            // print a space, (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)) times
            for (int space = 1; space <= (-2 * line + (2 * SIZE)); space++) {
                System.out.print(" ");
            }

            // |
            System.out.println("|");
        }
    }
}