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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import random
+import asyncio
+from typing import List
+from agnext.agent_components.type_routed_agent import TypeRoutedAgent, message_handler
+from agnext.application_components.single_threaded_agent_runtime import SingleThreadedAgentRuntime
+from agnext.core.agent_runtime import AgentRuntime
+from agnext.core.message import Message
+
+
+# TODO: a runtime should be able to handle multiple types of messages
+# TODO: allow request and response to be different message types
+# should support this in handlers.
+@dataclass
+class GroupChatMessage(Message):
+    body: str
+    sender: str
+    require_response: bool
+
+
+class GroupChatParticipant(TypeRoutedAgent[GroupChatMessage]):
+    def __init__(self, name: str, runtime: AgentRuntime[GroupChatMessage]) -> None:
+        super().__init__(name, runtime)
+
+    @message_handler(GroupChatMessage)
+    async def on_new_message(self, message: GroupChatMessage) -> GroupChatMessage:
+        print(f"{self.name} received message from {message.sender}: {message.body}")
+        if not message.require_response:
+            return GroupChatMessage(body="OK", sender=self.name, require_response=False)
+        # Generate a random response.
+        response_body = random.choice(
+            [
+                "Hello!",
+                "Hi!",
+                "Hey!",
+                "How are you?",
+                "What's up?",
+                "Good day!",
+                "Good morning!",
+                "Good evening!",
+                "Good afternoon!",
+                "Good night!",
+                "Good bye!",
+                "Bye!",
+                "See you later!",
+                "See you soon!",
+                "See you!",
+            ]
+        )
+        return GroupChatMessage(body=response_body, sender=self.name, require_response=False)
+
+
+class RoundRobinChat(TypeRoutedAgent[GroupChatMessage]):
+    def __init__(
+        self, name: str, runtime: AgentRuntime[GroupChatMessage], agents: List[GroupChatParticipant], num_rounds: int
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(name, runtime)
+        self._agents = agents
+        self._num_rounds = num_rounds
+
+    @message_handler(GroupChatMessage)
+    async def on_new_message(self, message: GroupChatMessage) -> GroupChatMessage:
+        print(f"{self.name} received task request from {message.sender}: {message.body}")
+
+        history = [message]
+        previous_speaker: TypeRoutedAgent[GroupChatMessage] | None = None
+        round = 0
+
+        while round < self._num_rounds:
+            # 1. Select speaker.
+            speaker = self._agents[round % len(self._agents)]
+
+            # 2. Send the last message to non-speaking agents.
+            for agent in self._agents:
+                if agent is not previous_speaker and agent is not speaker:
+                    # TODO: should support a separate message type for just passing on a message.
+                    _ = await self._send_message(
+                        GroupChatMessage(body=history[-1].body, sender=history[-1].sender, require_response=False),
+                        agent,
+                    )
+
+            # 3. Send the last message to the speaking agent and ask to speak.
+            if previous_speaker is not speaker:
+                response = await self._send_message(
+                    GroupChatMessage(body=history[-1].body, sender=history[-1].sender, require_response=True), speaker
+                )
+            else:
+                # The same speaker is speaking again.
+                # TODO: should support a separate message type for request to speak only.
+                response = await self._send_message(
+                    GroupChatMessage(body="", sender=self.name, require_response=True), speaker
+                )
+            print(f"Speaker {speaker.name} responded with: {response.body}")
+
+            # 4. Append the response to the history.
+            history.append(response)
+
+            # 5. Update the previous speaker.
+            previous_speaker = speaker
+
+            # 6. Increment the round.
+            round += 1
+
+        # Construct the final response.
+        response_body = "\n".join([f"{message.sender}: {message.body}" for message in history])
+        return GroupChatMessage(body=response_body, sender=self.name, require_response=False)
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    runtime = SingleThreadedAgentRuntime[GroupChatMessage]()
+    participants = [GroupChatParticipant(f"participant_{i}", runtime) for i in range(3)]
+    chat = RoundRobinChat("chat_room", runtime, participants, num_rounds=10)
+
+    response = runtime.send_message(GroupChatMessage(body="Hello!", sender="external", require_response=True), chat)
+
+    while not response.done():
+        await runtime.process_next()
+
+    print((await response).body)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())