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You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead.

public string GetWorkerResult(string workerName, object args)
{
    var workerFactor = new WorkerFactory();
    var worker = workerFactor.GetWorker(workerName);

    if(worker!=null)
        return worker.DoWork(args);
    else
        return string.Empty;
}

//Sample call
var args = new Tuple<int, List<int>, string>(1234, 
                                             new List<int>(){1,2}, 
                                             "A string");    
GetWorkerResult("MyWorkerName", args);

You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you really don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead (wouldn't be my first choice.)

public string GetWorkerResult(string workerName, object args)
{
    var workerFactor = new WorkerFactory();
    var worker = workerFactor.GetWorker(workerName);

    if(worker!=null)
        return worker.DoWork(args);
    else
        return string.Empty;
}

//Sample call
var args = new Tuple<int, List<int>, string>(1234, 
                                             new List<int>(){1,2}, 
                                             "A string");    
GetWorkerResult("MyWorkerName", args);

You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead.

public string GetWorkerResult(string workerName, Tuple args)
{
    var workerFactor = new WorkerFactory();
    var worker = workerFactor.GetWorker(workerName);

    if(worker!=null)
        return worker.DoWork(args);
    else
        return string.Empty;
}

//Sample call
GetWorkerResult("MyWorkerName", new Tuple<int, new List<int>() {1,2} , string>(0, GetList(), "");

You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead.

public string GetWorkerResult(string workerName, object args)
{
    var workerFactor = new WorkerFactory();
    var worker = workerFactor.GetWorker(workerName);

    if(worker!=null)
        return worker.DoWork(args);
    else
        return string.Empty;
}

//Sample call
var args = new Tuple<int, List<int>, string>(1234, 
                                             new List<int>(){1,2},  
                                             "A string");    
GetWorkerResult("MyWorkerName", args);

You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead.

You will need to generalize the arguments so that they fit into a single parameter with a base interface and a variable number of fields or properties. Sort of like this:

public interface IArgs
{
    //Can be empty
}

public interface IWorker
{
    string DoWork(IArgs args);
}

public class ConcreteArgsA : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
}

public class ConcreteArgsB : IArgs
{
    public int a;
    public List<int> b;
    public string c;
}

public class ConcreteWorkerA : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsA;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some A worker result";
    }
}

public class ConcreteWorkerB : IWorker
{
    public string DoWork(IArgs args)
    {
        var ConcreteArgs = args as ConcreteArgsB;
        if (args == null) throw new ArgumentException();
        return "some B worker result";
    }
} 

Note the null checks... because your system is flexible and late-bound, it is also not type safe, so you will need to check your cast to make sure the arguments that are passed are valid.

If you don't want to create concrete objects for every possible combination of arguments, you could use a tuple instead.

public string GetWorkerResult(string workerName, Tuple args)
{
    var workerFactor = new WorkerFactory();
    var worker = workerFactor.GetWorker(workerName);

    if(worker!=null)
        return worker.DoWork(args);
    else
        return string.Empty;
}

//Sample call
GetWorkerResult("MyWorkerName", new Tuple<int, new List<int>() {1,2} , string>(0, GetList(), "");