Fluent interface

In software engineering, a fluent interface is an object-oriented API whose design relies extensively on method chaining. Its goal is to increase code legibility by creating a domain-specific language (DSL). The term was coined in 2005 by Eric Evans and Martin Fowler.

This article is about the API design pattern. For the user interface introduced in Microsoft Office 2007, see Microsoft Office 2007 ยง User interface. For Microsoft's 2017 visual design language, see Fluent Design System.
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