Design pattern for handling multiple message types

Question

I\'ve got the GOF sitting on my desk here and I know there must be some kind of design pattern that solves the problem I\'m having, but man I can\'t figure it out.

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Answer 1

I know this is an older thread, with several very good answers over the years.

However, in 2018, I'd use a package such as Jimmy Bogard's MediatR (https://github.com/jbogard/MediatR).

It provides decoupling of message sending and processing with patterns such as request/response, Command/Query, One-way, Pub/Sub, async, polymorphic dispatching, etc.