code related to concatenate strings in Groovy (#6277)

core-groovy/src/main/groovy/com/baeldung/strings/Concatenate.groovy

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+package com.baeldung.strings;
+
+class Concatenate {
+    String first = 'Hello'
+    String last = 'Groovy'
+  
+    String doSimpleConcat() {
+        return 'My name is ' + first + ' ' + last
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingGString() {
+        return "My name is $first $last"
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingGStringClosures() {
+        return "My name is ${-> first} ${-> last}"
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingStringConcatMethod() {
+        return 'My name is '.concat(first).concat(' ').concat(last)
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingLeftShiftOperator() {
+        return 'My name is ' << first << ' ' << last
+    }
+    
+    String doConcatUsingArrayJoinMethod() {
+        return ['My name is', first, last].join(' ')
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingArrayInjectMethod() {
+        return  [first,' ', last]
+          .inject(new StringBuffer('My name is '), { initial, name -> initial.append(name); return initial }).toString()
+    }
+ 
+    String doConcatUsingStringBuilder() {
+        return new StringBuilder().append('My name is ').append(first).append(' ').append(last)
+    }
+
+    String doConcatUsingStringBuffer() {
+        return new StringBuffer().append('My name is ').append(first).append(' ').append(last)
+    }
+}

core-groovy/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/strings/ConcatenateTest.groovy

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+import com.baeldung.strings.Concatenate;
+
+class ConcatenateTest extends GroovyTestCase {
+    
+    void testSimpleConcat() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = 'Joe';
+        name.last = 'Smith';
+        def expected = 'My name is Joe Smith'
+        assertToString(name.doSimpleConcat(), expected)
+    }
+    
+    void testConcatUsingGString() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingGString(), expected)
+    }
+    
+    void testConcatUsingGStringClosures() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingGStringClosures(), expected)
+    }
+    
+    void testConcatUsingStringConcatMethod() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingStringConcatMethod(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatUsingLeftShiftOperator() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingLeftShiftOperator(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatUsingArrayJoinMethod() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingArrayJoinMethod(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatUsingArrayInjectMethod() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingArrayInjectMethod(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatUsingStringBuilder() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingStringBuilder(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatUsingStringBuffer() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = "Joe";
+        name.last = "Smith";
+        def expected = "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingStringBuffer(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testConcatMultilineUsingStringConcatMethod() {
+        def name = new Concatenate()
+        name.first = '''Joe
+                        Smith
+                        ''';
+        name.last = 'Junior';
+        def expected = '''My name is Joe
+                        Smith
+                         Junior''';
+        assertToString(name.doConcatUsingStringConcatMethod(), expected)
+    }
+
+    void testGStringvsClosure(){
+        def first = "Joe";
+        def last = "Smith";
+        def eagerGString = "My name is $first $last"
+        def lazyGString = "My name is ${-> first} ${-> last}"
+
+        assert eagerGString == "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assert lazyGString == "My name is Joe Smith"
+        first = "David";
+        assert eagerGString == "My name is Joe Smith"
+        assert lazyGString == "My name is David Smith"
+    }  
+}