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Fluent interface
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a>, a fluent interface is an <a href="/facts/Object_oriented_design/erWk0mUW">object-oriented</a> <a href="/facts/Application_Programming_Interface/GMlN4vUr">API</a> whose design relies extensively on <a href="/facts/Method_chaining/1yKJJ9MA">method chaining</a>. Its goal is to increase code legibility by creating a <a href="/facts/Domain-specific_language/n18H1foD">domain-specific language</a> (DSL). The term was coined in 2005 by Eric Evans and <a href="/facts/Martin_Fowler_(software_engineer)/l8k3NRI1">Martin Fowler</a>. </p>