/**
  * Returns a composed {@link TriShortToCharFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  * functions to its input, and then applies this function to the result. If evaluation of either
  * operation throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the composed operation. This
  * method is just convenience, to provide the ability to execute an operation which accepts {@code
  * short} input, before this primitive function is executed.
  *
  * @param before1 The first function to apply before this function is applied
  * @param before2 The second function to apply before this function is applied
  * @param before3 The third function to apply before this function is applied
  * @return A composed {@code TriShortToCharFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  *     functions to its input, and then applies this function to the result.
  * @throws NullPointerException If given argument is {@code null}
  * @implSpec The input argument of this method is a able to handle primitive values. In this case
  *     this is {@code short}.
  */
 @Nonnull
 default TriShortToCharFunction composeFromShort(
     @Nonnull final ShortFunction<? extends T> before1,
     @Nonnull final ShortToByteFunction before2,
     @Nonnull final ShortToByteFunction before3) {
   Objects.requireNonNull(before1);
   Objects.requireNonNull(before2);
   Objects.requireNonNull(before3);
   return (value1, value2, value3) ->
       applyAsChar(
           before1.apply(value1), before2.applyAsByte(value2), before3.applyAsByte(value3));
 }
 /**
  * Returns a composed {@link BiShortToFloatFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  * functions to its input, and then applies this function to the result. If evaluation of either
  * operation throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the composed operation. This
  * method is just convenience, to provide the ability to execute an operation which accepts {@code
  * short} input, before this primitive function is executed.
  *
  * @param before1 The first function to apply before this function is applied
  * @param before2 The second function to apply before this function is applied
  * @return A composed {@code BiShortToFloatFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  *     functions to its input, and then applies this function to the result.
  * @throws NullPointerException If given argument is {@code null}
  * @implSpec The input argument of this method is a able to handle primitive values. In this case
  *     this is {@code short}.
  */
 @Nonnull
 default BiShortToFloatFunction composeFromShort(
     @Nonnull final ShortFunction<? extends T> before1,
     @Nonnull final ShortToByteFunction before2) {
   Objects.requireNonNull(before1);
   Objects.requireNonNull(before2);
   return (value1, value2) -> applyAsFloat(before1.apply(value1), before2.applyAsByte(value2));
 }
 /**
  * Returns a composed {@link ShortToByteFunction} that first applies this operator to its input,
  * and then applies the {@code after} function to the result. If evaluation of either operation
  * throws an exception, it is relayed to the caller of the composed operation. This method is just
  * convenience, to provide the ability to transform this primitive operator to an operation
  * returning {@code byte}.
  *
  * @param after The function to apply after this operator is applied
  * @return A composed {@code ShortToByteFunction} that first applies this operator to its input,
  *     and then applies the {@code after} function to the result.
  * @throws NullPointerException If given argument is {@code null}
  * @implSpec The input argument of this method is a able to return primitive values. In this case
  *     this is {@code byte}.
  */
 @Nonnull
 default ShortToByteFunction andThenToByte(@Nonnull final ShortToByteFunction after) {
   Objects.requireNonNull(after);
   return (value) -> after.applyAsByte(applyAsShort(value));
 }