/**
  * Returns a composed {@link ThrowableBiShortToByteFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  * predicates to its input, and then applies this function to the result. 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 predicate to apply before this function is applied
  * @param before2 The second predicate to apply before this function is applied
  * @return A composed {@code ThrowableBiShortToByteFunction} that first applies the {@code before}
  *     predicates 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 ThrowableBiShortToByteFunction<X> composeFromShort(
     @Nonnull final ThrowableShortPredicate<? extends X> before1,
     @Nonnull final ThrowableShortPredicate<? extends X> before2) {
   Objects.requireNonNull(before1);
   Objects.requireNonNull(before2);
   return (value1, value2) ->
       applyAsByteThrows(before1.testThrows(value1), before2.testThrows(value2));
 }
 /**
  * Returns a composed {@link ThrowableShortPredicate} that first applies this operator to its
  * input, and then applies the {@code after} predicate to the result. This method is just
  * convenience, to provide the ability to transform this primitive operator to an operation
  * returning {@code boolean}.
  *
  * @param after The predicate to apply after this operator is applied
  * @return A composed {@code ThrowableShortPredicate} that first applies this operator to its
  *     input, and then applies the {@code after} predicate 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 boolean}.
  */
 @Nonnull
 default ThrowableShortPredicate<X> andThenToBoolean(
     @Nonnull final ThrowableShortPredicate<? extends X> after) {
   Objects.requireNonNull(after);
   return (value) -> after.testThrows(applyAsShortThrows(value));
 }