Java 8 also has `Comparator::comparing` and `Comparator::thenComparing`, so your code example above would be Comparator.comparing(Foo::getA). thenC

Java 8 also has `Comparator::comparing` and `Comparator::thenComparing`, so your code example above would be Comparator.comparing(Foo::getA). thenComparing(Foo::getB). thenComparign(Foo::getC); This makes much more sense than your example I think, since it will use the same getter on both methods, completely eliminating this class of errors.