Chapter 32. Expression Builder
An object, or family of objects, that provides a fluent interface over a normal command-query API.
APIs are usually designed to provide a set of self-standing methods on objects. Ideally, these methods can be understood individually. I call this style of API a command-query API; it’s so normal that we don’t have a general name for it. DSLs require a different kind of API, what I call a fluent interface, which is designed with the goal of readability of a whole expression. Fluent interfaces lead to methods that make little sense individually, and often violate the rules for good command-query APIs.
An Expression ...
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