Question

What’s the term for this design?

object.method1().method2().method3() 

..when all methods return *this?

I found the term for this a while ago, but lost it meanwhile. I have no clue how to search for this on google 🙂 Also if anyone can think of a better title for the question, feel free to change it.

Thanks

Update-Gishu: After reading about it, I feel that your question is misleading w.r.t. code snippet provided.. (Feel free to rollback)

Method Chaining

object.method1().method2().method3() 

Fluent Interfaces

private void makeFluent(Customer customer) {         customer.newOrder()                 .with(6, 'TAL')                 .with(5, 'HPK').skippable()                 .with(3, 'LGV')                 .priorityRush();     } 

Answer 1

Looks to me like you are describing a fluent interface. Ive also heard it referred to as pipelineing or chaining.

Update-Gishu: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/FluentInterface.html