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    copied!<p>I am writing a wrapper to a REST API. So, whenever I am retrieving items from the server, I just need to play around with the parameters (in the uri). The way I am doing it now works fine but I just feel there must be another elegance way to do this maybe with <code>enum</code> or something.</p> <p>I don't like that I need to 'know' what are the options are as the <code>Dictionary</code> type is <code>string</code>. I tried with <code>Dictionary&lt;EnumType, string&gt;</code>, but I have more than one type of <code>enum</code>. Plus, I am not sure how to map the <code>EnumType</code> (key) to the appropriate value.</p> <p>Basically, I am trying to avoid as much as possible the use of magic keyword.</p> <p>Here is my partial code:</p> <pre><code>public string GetUnreadItems() { var options = new Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt;(); options.Add("ItemType", "Unread"); options.Add("SortBy", "Latest"); // GetItemsBasedOn(options); } public string GetAllItems() { var options = new Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt;(); options.Add("ItemType", "All"); // GetItemsBasedOn(options); } public string GetItemsBasedOn(Dictionary&lt;string, string&gt; options) { // Do request here based on options passed // and return the result to caller function } </code></pre> <p>EDIT: This is what I am trying to implement <a href="http://getpocket.com/developer/docs/v3/retrieve" rel="nofollow">http://getpocket.com/developer/docs/v3/retrieve</a></p> <p>I would like to implement the options <code>sort</code>, <code>detailType</code>, <code>contentType</code>, <code>Favorite</code>, and <code>State</code>. And each of the options have their own options but only one can be selected at a time.</p>
 

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