libchat/examples/in-process/README.md

# in-process

An example Rust application built on top of [`crates/client`](../../crates/client).

It demonstrates that creating a working chat client in pure Rust is trivial: depend on
`crates/client`, pick a `DeliveryService` implementation (here the in-memory
`InProcessDelivery` shipped with the crate), and wire up `ChatClient`. No boilerplate, no FFI.

## Running

```
cargo run -p in-process
```

The binary performs an Alice-Bob message exchange entirely in-process and prints
the exchanged messages to stdout.
feat: implement Client crate and C FFI bindings Implement a `client` crate that wraps the `libchat` context behind a simple `ChatClient<D>` API. The delivery strategy is pluggable via a `DeliveryService` trait, with two implementations provided: - `InProcessDelivery` — shared `MessageBus` for single-process tests - `CDelivery` — C function-pointer callback for the FFI layer Add a `client-ffi` crate that exposes the client as a C API via `safer-ffi`. A `generate-headers` binary produces the companion C header. Include two runnable examples: - `examples/in-process` — Alice/Bob exchange using in-process delivery - `examples/c-ffi` — same exchange written entirely in C; smoketested under valgrind (to catch memory leaks) in CI iterates: #71 2026-03-26 21:34:09 +01:00			`# in-process`

			An example Rust application built on top of [`crates/client`](../../crates/client).

			`It demonstrates that creating a working chat client in pure Rust is trivial: depend on`
			`crates/client`, pick a `DeliveryService` implementation (here the in-memory
			`InProcessDelivery` shipped with the crate), and wire up `ChatClient`. No boilerplate, no FFI.

			`## Running`

			```
			`cargo run -p in-process`
			```

			`The binary performs an Alice-Bob message exchange entirely in-process and prints`
			`the exchanged messages to stdout.`