diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/AndPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/AndPredicate.java
index 402fda89f1..b23d9109ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/AndPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/AndPredicate.java
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ public AndPredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate1, final Predicate<? sup
         iPredicate2 = predicate2;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if both predicates return true.
-     *
-     * @param object  the input object
-     * @return true if both decorated predicates return true
-     */
-    @Override
-    public boolean test(final T object) {
-        return iPredicate1.test(object) && iPredicate2.test(object);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the two predicates being decorated as an array.
      *
@@ -87,4 +76,15 @@ public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
         return new Predicate[] {iPredicate1, iPredicate2};
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if both predicates return true.
+     *
+     * @param object  the input object
+     * @return true if both decorated predicates return true
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean test(final T object) {
+        return iPredicate1.test(object) && iPredicate2.test(object);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/EqualPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/EqualPredicate.java
index 827fde15bd..2d1a835bdb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/EqualPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/EqualPredicate.java
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ public EqualPredicate(final T object, final Equator<T> equator) {
         this.equator = equator;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the value.
+     *
+     * @return the value
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    public Object getValue() {
+        return iValue;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input equals the stored value.
      *
@@ -108,14 +118,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return iValue.equals(object);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the value.
-     *
-     * @return the value
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    public Object getValue() {
-        return iValue;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/ExceptionPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/ExceptionPredicate.java
index e58ec9af52..e0c4e459b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/ExceptionPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/ExceptionPredicate.java
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ public static <T> Predicate<T> exceptionPredicate() {
     private ExceptionPredicate() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance.
+     *
+     * @return the singleton instance.
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate always throwing an exception.
      *
@@ -65,13 +74,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         throw new FunctorException("ExceptionPredicate invoked");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton instance.
-     *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
-     */
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        return INSTANCE;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FalsePredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FalsePredicate.java
index e5896c73d1..8cf0f4b452 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FalsePredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FalsePredicate.java
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ public static <T> Predicate<T> falsePredicate() {
     private FalsePredicate() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance.
+     *
+     * @return the singleton instance.
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning false always.
      *
@@ -63,13 +72,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton instance.
-     *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
-     */
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        return INSTANCE;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FunctorUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FunctorUtils.java
index 7f23d56643..b696d010fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FunctorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/FunctorUtils.java
@@ -107,20 +107,6 @@ static <T extends java.util.function.Predicate<?>> T[] copy(final T... predicate
         return transformers.clone();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Validates the consumers to ensure that all is well.
-     *
-     * @param consumers  the consumers to validate.
-     */
-    static void validate(final Consumer<?>... consumers) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(consumers, "closures");
-        for (int i = 0; i < consumers.length; i++) {
-            if (consumers[i] == null) {
-                throw new NullPointerException("closures[" + i + "]");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Validate the predicates to ensure that all is well.
      *
@@ -144,15 +130,15 @@ static <T> Predicate<? super T>[] validate(final Collection<? extends java.util.
     }
 
     /**
-     * Validate the predicates to ensure that all is well.
+     * Validates the consumers to ensure that all is well.
      *
-     * @param predicates  the predicates to validate
+     * @param consumers  the consumers to validate.
      */
-    static void validate(final java.util.function.Predicate<?>... predicates) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(predicates, "predicates");
-        for (int i = 0; i < predicates.length; i++) {
-            if (predicates[i] == null) {
-                throw new NullPointerException("predicates[" + i + "]");
+    static void validate(final Consumer<?>... consumers) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(consumers, "closures");
+        for (int i = 0; i < consumers.length; i++) {
+            if (consumers[i] == null) {
+                throw new NullPointerException("closures[" + i + "]");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -171,6 +157,20 @@ static void validate(final Function<?, ?>... functions) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate the predicates to ensure that all is well.
+     *
+     * @param predicates  the predicates to validate
+     */
+    static void validate(final java.util.function.Predicate<?>... predicates) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(predicates, "predicates");
+        for (int i = 0; i < predicates.length; i++) {
+            if (predicates[i] == null) {
+                throw new NullPointerException("predicates[" + i + "]");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Restricted constructor.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/IdentityPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/IdentityPredicate.java
index f58cd65d75..79ffc35bcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/IdentityPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/IdentityPredicate.java
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ public IdentityPredicate(final T object) {
         iValue = object;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the value.
+     *
+     * @return the value
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    public T getValue() {
+        return iValue;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input object is identical to
      * the stored object.
@@ -71,14 +81,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return iValue == object;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the value.
-     *
-     * @return the value
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    public T getValue() {
-        return iValue;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/InstanceofPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/InstanceofPredicate.java
index 149d7d4b9a..3692ff900d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/InstanceofPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/InstanceofPredicate.java
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ public InstanceofPredicate(final Class<?> type) {
         iType = type;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the type to compare to.
+     *
+     * @return the type
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    public Class<?> getType() {
+        return iType;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input object is of the correct type.
      *
@@ -67,14 +77,4 @@ public boolean test(final Object object) {
         return iType.isInstance(object);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the type to compare to.
-     *
-     * @return the type
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    public Class<?> getType() {
-        return iType;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate.java
index d2dc9e2f64..dc9d4e6333 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotNullPredicate.java
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ public static <T> Predicate<T> notNullPredicate() {
     private NotNullPredicate() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance.
+     *
+     * @return the singleton instance.
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the object does not equal null.
      *
@@ -63,13 +72,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return object != null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton instance.
-     *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
-     */
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        return INSTANCE;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotPredicate.java
index 987bbd4768..344c4162b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NotPredicate.java
@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ public NotPredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
         iPredicate = predicate;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Evaluates the predicate returning the opposite to the stored predicate.
-     *
-     * @param object  the input object
-     * @return true if predicate returns false
-     */
-    @Override
-    public boolean test(final T object) {
-        return !iPredicate.test(object);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the predicate being decorated.
      *
@@ -80,4 +69,15 @@ public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
         return new Predicate[] {iPredicate};
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the predicate returning the opposite to the stored predicate.
+     *
+     * @param object  the input object
+     * @return true if predicate returns false
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean test(final T object) {
+        return !iPredicate.test(object);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsExceptionPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsExceptionPredicate.java
index 4b31140bd2..84a20ab0cc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsExceptionPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsExceptionPredicate.java
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ public NullIsExceptionPredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
         iPredicate = predicate;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
+     *
+     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
+        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate
      * once a null check is performed.
@@ -74,16 +86,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return iPredicate.test(object);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
-     *
-     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
-        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsFalsePredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsFalsePredicate.java
index b70b1b93f1..f4b6bf037f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsFalsePredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsFalsePredicate.java
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ public NullIsFalsePredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
         iPredicate = predicate;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
+     *
+     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
+        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate
      * once a null check is performed.
@@ -72,16 +84,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return iPredicate.test(object);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
-     *
-     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
-        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsTruePredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsTruePredicate.java
index 2dc0a107f5..556d0d6fbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsTruePredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullIsTruePredicate.java
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ public NullIsTruePredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
         iPredicate = predicate;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
+     *
+     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
+        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate
      * once a null check is performed.
@@ -72,16 +84,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return iPredicate.test(object);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the predicate being decorated.
-     *
-     * @return the predicate as the only element in an array
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
-        return new Predicate[] { iPredicate };
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullPredicate.java
index 645fd811b5..70f6b529da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/NullPredicate.java
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ public static <T> Predicate<T> nullPredicate() {
     private NullPredicate() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance.
+     *
+     * @return the singleton instance.
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true if the input is null.
      *
@@ -63,13 +72,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return object == null;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton instance.
-     *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
-     */
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        return INSTANCE;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/OrPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/OrPredicate.java
index cdd027aac9..a6f69c2ced 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/OrPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/OrPredicate.java
@@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ public OrPredicate(final Predicate<? super T> predicate1, final Predicate<? supe
         iPredicate2 = predicate2;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if either predicate returns true.
-     *
-     * @param object  the input object
-     * @return true if either decorated predicate returns true
-     */
-    @Override
-    public boolean test(final T object) {
-        return iPredicate1.test(object) || iPredicate2.test(object);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the two predicates being decorated as an array.
      *
@@ -87,4 +76,15 @@ public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
         return new Predicate[] {iPredicate1, iPredicate2};
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the predicate returning true if either predicate returns true.
+     *
+     * @param object  the input object
+     * @return true if either decorated predicate returns true
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean test(final T object) {
+        return iPredicate1.test(object) || iPredicate2.test(object);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformedPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformedPredicate.java
index 7b19ce342e..8269da30f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformedPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformedPredicate.java
@@ -68,19 +68,6 @@ public TransformedPredicate(final Transformer<? super T, ? extends T> transforme
         iPredicate = predicate;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate
-     * once the input has been transformed
-     *
-     * @param object  the input object which will be transformed
-     * @return true if decorated predicate returns true
-     */
-    @Override
-    public boolean test(final T object) {
-        final T result = iTransformer.apply(object);
-        return iPredicate.test(result);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the predicate being decorated.
      *
@@ -102,4 +89,17 @@ public Predicate<? super T>[] getPredicates() {
         return iTransformer;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated predicate
+     * once the input has been transformed
+     *
+     * @param object  the input object which will be transformed
+     * @return true if decorated predicate returns true
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean test(final T object) {
+        final T result = iTransformer.apply(object);
+        return iPredicate.test(result);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformerPredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformerPredicate.java
index e40b014d77..b34fada5c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformerPredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TransformerPredicate.java
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ public TransformerPredicate(final Transformer<? super T, Boolean> transformer) {
         iTransformer = transformer;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the transformer.
+     *
+     * @return the transformer
+     * @since 3.1
+     */
+    public Transformer<? super T, Boolean> getTransformer() {
+        return iTransformer;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning the result of the decorated transformer.
      *
@@ -76,14 +86,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return result.booleanValue();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Gets the transformer.
-     *
-     * @return the transformer
-     * @since 3.1
-     */
-    public Transformer<? super T, Boolean> getTransformer() {
-        return iTransformer;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TruePredicate.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TruePredicate.java
index d2c3cdfa4a..b333ea050f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TruePredicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/collections4/functors/TruePredicate.java
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ public static <T> Predicate<T> truePredicate() {
     private TruePredicate() {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the singleton instance.
+     *
+     * @return the singleton instance.
+     */
+    private Object readResolve() {
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Evaluates the predicate returning true always.
      *
@@ -63,13 +72,4 @@ public boolean test(final T object) {
         return true;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton instance.
-     *
-     * @return the singleton instance.
-     */
-    private Object readResolve() {
-        return INSTANCE;
-    }
-
 }