Bael 2666 concatenate strings with groovy (#7307)

* BAEL-2666 code for concatenate strings with groovy

* BAEL-2666 add placeholder link to readme

* BAEL-2666 remove article link in README, move code to core-groovy-2

core-groovy-2/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/concatenate/Wonder.groovy

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+package com.baeldung.concatenate
+
+class Wonder {
+
+    String numOfWonder = 'seven'
+
+    String operator_plus() {
+        return 'The ' + numOfWonder + ' wonders of the world'
+    }
+
+    String operator_left() {
+        return 'The ' << numOfWonder << ' wonders of ' << 'the world'
+    }
+
+    String interpolation_one() {
+        return "The $numOfWonder wonders of the world"
+
+    }
+
+    String interpolation_two() {
+        return "The ${numOfWonder} wonders of the world"
+    }
+
+    String multilineString() {
+        return """
+            There are $numOfWonder wonders of the world.
+            Can you name them all? 
+            1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
+            2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
+            3. Colossus of Rhode
+            4. Lighthouse of Alexendra
+            5. Temple of Artemis
+            6. Status of Zeus at Olympia
+            7. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
+        """
+    }
+
+    String method_concat() {
+        return 'The '.concat(numOfWonder).concat(' wonders of the world')
+
+    }
+
+    String method_builder() {
+        return new StringBuilder()
+                .append('The ').append(numOfWonder).append(' wonders of the world')
+    }
+
+    String method_buffer() {
+        return new StringBuffer()
+                .append('The ').append(numOfWonder).append(' wonders of the world')
+    }
+}

core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/concatenate/WonderUnitTest.groovy

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+package com.baeldung.concatenate
+
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*
+
+class WonderUnitTest {
+
+    static final String EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE = "The seven wonders of the world"
+
+    Wonder wonder
+
+    @Before
+    void before() {
+        wonder = new Wonder()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingOperatorPlus_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.operator_plus())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingOperatorLeft_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.operator_left())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingInterpolationOne_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.interpolation_one())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingInterpolationTwo_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.interpolation_two())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMultiline_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        def expectedMultiline = """
+            There are seven wonders of the world.
+            Can you name them all? 
+            1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
+            2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
+            3. Colossus of Rhode
+            4. Lighthouse of Alexendra
+            5. Temple of Artemis
+            6. Status of Zeus at Olympia
+            7. Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
+        """
+        assertEquals(expectedMultiline, wonder.multilineString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodConcat_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_concat())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodBuilder_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_builder())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void whenUsingMethodBuffer_thenConcatCorrectly() {
+        assertEquals(EXPECTED_SINGLE_LINE, wonder.method_buffer())
+    }
+}