Abstract: The fluent API, also known as Internal DSL, is one of the concepts introduced primarily for the purpose of increasing readability and maintainability in the process of software development.

Java Fluent Validator is inspired by Fluent Interface and .Net FluentValidation which defined an inner-DSL within Java language for programmers to use. A fluent interface implies that its primary goal ...

Abstract: The fluent API is most often used when there is a need to implement a certain flow of execution of operations, which is achieved by the method chaining technique. Conventional methods of ...

The command-line interface (CLI) is the inner world of software development. From the shell, we have direct access to all the operating system’s capabilities, and with that comes the power to compose ...

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Fluent methods are a hot design idea and they can improve the readability of your code. However, they only make sense in specific scenarios. Here are some criteria to help you decide if you should be ...

One way to clean up an existing API is to provide a fluent interface to it. The goal of a fluent interface is to simplify the consumption of your API by making it more readable and discoverable. If ...