[Arp] Generic Message Prompt Design Pattern

[Keith Salisbury]

Is there a commonly used design pattern to solve the issue of a
message prompt/window which needs to act differently depending on the
message it shows.

For example,

the message might be "that didnt work, do you want to try again" with
two buttons, "Ok" and "Cancel"

or

the message might be "well done, you did something right" with just
"Continue" button

In the first example, there may be many occasions where a yes/no
question is asked, and the action will change each time, so it makes
sense that the "prompt" window simply dispatches the event, either
"OK" or "Cancel" etc and the listeners can deal with it as they see
fit.

.........how do you guys solve this problem?

tia

keith