What fluent interfaces have you made or seen in C# that were very valuable? What was so great about them?

Question

\"Fluent interfaces\" is a fairly hot topic these days. C# 3.0 has some nice features (particularly extension methods) that help you make them.

FYI, a fluent API means

Answer 1

In addition to the ones specified here, the popuplar RhinoMocks unit test mock framework uses fluent syntax to specify expectations on mock objects:

// Expect mock.FooBar method to be called with any paramter and have it invoke some method
Expect.Call(() => mock.FooBar(null))
    .IgnoreArguments()
    .WhenCalled(someCallbackHere);

// Tell mock.Baz property to return 5:
SetupResult.For(mock.Baz).Return(5);