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Pass class as argument

I have an api method I need to call. It has 10 parameters. I have attempted to make a class that holds all the information the method requires. Can I then simply pass the object into the method?

myAPIMethod(myClass);

Does it work that easily?

Solution

  • No, it doesn't work that way. If a method has 10 parameters, you will have to pass 10 arguments to it.

    If you have control of the API, you can refactor it to accept a single object instead.

    If you don't have control of the API, you can write a method along the lines of 

    public void CallAPI(MyClass args)
{
   myAPIMethod(args.Arg1, args.Arg2); // whatever args are needed for the method
}

    Then your code can use your class and this method to invoke the API. It could be a cleaner approach than invoking the API method directly with 10 arguments in multiple places in your application. But, this depends on what the method is and how you're using it.