How to avoid “too many parameters” problem in API design?

Question

I have this API function:

public ResultEnum DoSomeAction(string a, string b, DateTime c, OtherEnum d, 
     string e, string f, out Guid code)

Answer 1

Use a combination of builder and domain-specific-language style API--Fluent Interface. The API is a little more verbose but with intellisense it's very quick to type out and easy to understand.

public class Param
{
        public string A { get; private set; }
        public string B { get; private set; }
        public string C { get; private set; }


  public class Builder
  {
        private string a;
        private string b;
        private string c;

        public Builder WithA(string value)
        {
              a = value;
              return this;
        }

        public Builder WithB(string value)
        {
              b = value;
              return this;
        }

        public Builder WithC(string value)
        {
              c = value;
              return this;
        }

        public Param Build()
        {
              return new Param { A = a, B = b, C = c };
        }
  }


  DoSomeAction(new Param.Builder()
        .WithA("a")
        .WithB("b")
        .WithC("c")
        .Build());