chain -> andThen?

[Tim Peierls]

On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com>wrote:

> We eventually settled on "andThen" as the composition method for
> function-like things.  This was chosen because it made the order explicit;
> "do my thing, and then this other thing."  This method shows up on
> Comparator, XxxFunction, XxxOperator.
>
> There's a similar method on Consumer, called "chain", which means "let me
> have the argument, then pass it to some other Consumer".  I think it makes
> sense to rename this to "andThen" as well.
>

Agreed, much better to have the order explicit in the name. It does mean
referring to function-like things as if they were actions, but that seems
like a totally acceptable blurring of the lines.

--tim
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