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+use mpsc_requests::{RequestReceiver, RequestSender, channel};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+type RequestType = String;
+type ResponseType = String;
+type Handler = fn(request: RequestType) -> ResponseType;
+
+struct WorkerPool {
+    pub num_threads: usize,
+    pub worker_index: usize,
+    pub thread_locks_arc: Arc<Vec<Mutex<bool>>>,
+    pub requesters_arc: Arc<Vec<RequestSender<RequestType, ResponseType>>>,
+    pub responders_arc: Arc<Vec<RequestReceiver<RequestType, ResponseType>>>
+}
+
+impl WorkerPool {
+    pub fn new(num_threads: usize, handler: Handler) -> WorkerPool {
+        let mut thread_locks = vec![];
+        let mut requesters = vec![];
+        let mut responders = vec![];
+        // build channels
+        for _ in 0..num_threads {
+            let (requester, responder) = channel::<RequestType, ResponseType>();
+            thread_locks.push(Mutex::new(false));
+            requesters.push(requester);
+            responders.push(responder);
+        }
+        // spawn handler threads
+        let thread_locks_arc = Arc::new(thread_locks);
+        let requesters_arc = Arc::new(requesters);
+        let responders_arc = Arc::new(responders);
+        for i in 0..num_threads {
+            let responders_arc = responders_arc.clone();
+            let thread_locks_arc = thread_locks_arc.clone();
+            std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                let responder = responders_arc.get(i).unwrap();
+                responder.poll_loop(|req, response_sender| {
+                    let _ = thread_locks_arc[i].lock().unwrap();
+                    let response = handler(req);
+                    response_sender.respond(response);
+                });
+            });
+        }
+        return WorkerPool {
+            num_threads,
+            worker_index: 0,
+            thread_locks_arc,
+            requesters_arc,
+            responders_arc
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn work(&mut self, request: RequestType) -> ResponseType {
+        let requester = self.requesters_arc.get(self.worker_index).unwrap();
+        let receiver = requester.request(request.clone()).unwrap();
+        let response = receiver.collect().unwrap();
+        self.worker_index += 1;
+        if self.worker_index == self.num_threads {
+            self.worker_index = 0;
+        }
+        return response;
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let num_threads = 4;
+    let handler = |request: RequestType| {
+        println!("request = {}", request);
+        return String::from("response");
+    };
+    let mut worker_pool = WorkerPool::new(num_threads, handler);
+    for _ in 0..100 {
+        let request = String::from("request");
+        let response = worker_pool.work(request);
+        println!("response = {}", response);
+    }
+}