Chaining implicits for Scala < 2.13

ChainingImplicits.scala

package utils

object ChainingImplicits {

  /**
   * Defines chaining operators similar to pipe() and tap() from Scala 2.13.
   *
   * Example usage:
   * <pre>
   *   import utils.ChainingImplicits._
   *   aThing
   *     .pipe(x => transformation(x))
   *     .tap(x => sideEffect(x))
   *     .anotherOperation()
   * </pre>
   *
   * Source: <a href="https://github.com/scala/scala/blob/v2.13.0/src/library/scala/util/ChainingOps.scala">Scala 2.13</a>
   */
  implicit class ChainingOps[A](value: A) {
    def pipe[B](f: A => B): B = f(value)
    def tap[B](f: A => B): A = { f(value); value }
  }
}