### YamlMime:JavaType
uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient"
fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient"
name: "ChatClient"
nameWithType: "ChatClient"
summary: "Sync Client that supports chat operations."
inheritances:
- "<xref href=\"java.lang.Object?displayProperty=fullName\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
inheritedClassMethods:
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syntax: "public final class **ChatClient**"
methods:
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.createChatThread(com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.createChatThread(CreateChatThreadOptions options)"
  name: "createChatThread(CreateChatThreadOptions options)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.createChatThread(CreateChatThreadOptions options)"
  summary: "Creates a chat thread."
  parameters:
  - description: "Options for creating a chat thread."
    name: "options"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions&text=CreateChatThreadOptions\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  syntax: "public CreateChatThreadResult createChatThread(CreateChatThreadOptions options)"
  desc: "Creates a chat thread.\n\n**Code Samples**\n\nCreate a chat thread based on \"options\".\n\n```java\n// Initialize the list of chat thread participants\n List<ChatParticipant> participants = new ArrayList<ChatParticipant>();\n\n ChatParticipant firstParticipant = new ChatParticipant()\n     .setCommunicationIdentifier(user1)\n     .setDisplayName(\"Participant Display Name 1\");\n\n ChatParticipant secondParticipant = new ChatParticipant()\n     .setCommunicationIdentifier(user2)\n     .setDisplayName(\"Participant Display Name 2\");\n\n participants.add(firstParticipant);\n participants.add(secondParticipant);\n\n // Create the chat thread\n CreateChatThreadOptions createChatThreadOptions = new CreateChatThreadOptions(\"Topic\")\n     .setParticipants(participants);\n CreateChatThreadResult result = chatClient.createChatThread(createChatThreadOptions);\n\n // Retrieve the chat thread and the id\n ChatThreadProperties chatThread = result.getChatThread();\n String chatThreadId = chatThread.getId();\n```"
  returns:
    description: "the response."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadResult?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadResult&text=CreateChatThreadResult\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.createChatThreadWithResponse(com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions,com.azure.core.util.Context)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.createChatThreadWithResponse(CreateChatThreadOptions options, Context context)"
  name: "createChatThreadWithResponse(CreateChatThreadOptions options, Context context)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.createChatThreadWithResponse(CreateChatThreadOptions options, Context context)"
  summary: "Creates a chat thread."
  parameters:
  - description: "Options for creating a chat thread."
    name: "options"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadOptions&text=CreateChatThreadOptions\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  - description: "The context to associate with this operation."
    name: "context"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.util.Context?alt=com.azure.core.util.Context&text=Context\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  syntax: "public Response<CreateChatThreadResult> createChatThreadWithResponse(CreateChatThreadOptions options, Context context)"
  desc: "Creates a chat thread."
  returns:
    description: "the response."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.http.rest.Response?alt=com.azure.core.http.rest.Response&text=Response\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&lt;<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadResult?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.CreateChatThreadResult&text=CreateChatThreadResult\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&gt;"
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.deleteChatThread(java.lang.String)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.deleteChatThread(String chatThreadId)"
  name: "deleteChatThread(String chatThreadId)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.deleteChatThread(String chatThreadId)"
  summary: "Deletes a chat thread."
  parameters:
  - description: "Chat thread id to delete."
    name: "chatThreadId"
    type: "<a href=\"https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html\">String</a>"
  syntax: "public void deleteChatThread(String chatThreadId)"
  desc: "Deletes a chat thread."
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.deleteChatThreadWithResponse(java.lang.String,com.azure.core.util.Context)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.deleteChatThreadWithResponse(String chatThreadId, Context context)"
  name: "deleteChatThreadWithResponse(String chatThreadId, Context context)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.deleteChatThreadWithResponse(String chatThreadId, Context context)"
  summary: "Deletes a chat thread."
  parameters:
  - description: "Chat thread id to delete."
    name: "chatThreadId"
    type: "<a href=\"https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html\">String</a>"
  - description: "The context to associate with this operation."
    name: "context"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.util.Context?alt=com.azure.core.util.Context&text=Context\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  syntax: "public Response<Void> deleteChatThreadWithResponse(String chatThreadId, Context context)"
  desc: "Deletes a chat thread."
  returns:
    description: "the completion."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.http.rest.Response?alt=com.azure.core.http.rest.Response&text=Response\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&lt;<a href=\"https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Void.html\">Void</a>&gt;"
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.getChatThreadClient(java.lang.String)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.getChatThreadClient(String chatThreadId)"
  name: "getChatThreadClient(String chatThreadId)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.getChatThreadClient(String chatThreadId)"
  summary: "Creates a chat thread client."
  parameters:
  - description: "The id of the chat thread."
    name: "chatThreadId"
    type: "<a href=\"https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html\">String</a>"
  syntax: "public ChatThreadClient getChatThreadClient(String chatThreadId)"
  desc: "Creates a chat thread client."
  returns:
    description: "the client."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.ChatThreadClient?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.ChatThreadClient&text=ChatThreadClient\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.listChatThreads()"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.listChatThreads()"
  name: "listChatThreads()"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.listChatThreads()"
  summary: "Gets the list of chat threads of a user."
  syntax: "public PagedIterable<ChatThreadItem> listChatThreads()"
  desc: "Gets the list of chat threads of a user."
  returns:
    description: "the paged list of chat threads of a user."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable?alt=com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable&text=PagedIterable\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&lt;<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.ChatThreadItem?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.ChatThreadItem&text=ChatThreadItem\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&gt;"
- uid: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.listChatThreads(com.azure.communication.chat.models.ListChatThreadsOptions,com.azure.core.util.Context)"
  fullName: "com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClient.listChatThreads(ListChatThreadsOptions listThreadsOptions, Context context)"
  name: "listChatThreads(ListChatThreadsOptions listThreadsOptions, Context context)"
  nameWithType: "ChatClient.listChatThreads(ListChatThreadsOptions listThreadsOptions, Context context)"
  summary: "Gets the list of chat threads of a user."
  parameters:
  - description: "The request options."
    name: "listThreadsOptions"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.ListChatThreadsOptions?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.ListChatThreadsOptions&text=ListChatThreadsOptions\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  - description: "The context to associate with this operation."
    name: "context"
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.util.Context?alt=com.azure.core.util.Context&text=Context\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />"
  syntax: "public PagedIterable<ChatThreadItem> listChatThreads(ListChatThreadsOptions listThreadsOptions, Context context)"
  desc: "Gets the list of chat threads of a user."
  returns:
    description: "the paged list of chat threads of a user."
    type: "<xref href=\"com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable?alt=com.azure.core.http.rest.PagedIterable&text=PagedIterable\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&lt;<xref href=\"com.azure.communication.chat.models.ChatThreadItem?alt=com.azure.communication.chat.models.ChatThreadItem&text=ChatThreadItem\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"False\" />&gt;"
type: "class"
desc: "Sync Client that supports chat operations.\n\n**Instantiating a synchronous Chat Client**\n\n```java\n// Initialize the chat client builder\n final ChatClientBuilder builder = new ChatClientBuilder()\n     .endpoint(endpoint)\n     .credential(credential);\n\n // Build the chat client\n ChatClient chatClient = builder.buildClient();\n```\n\nView <xref uid=\"com.azure.communication.chat.ChatClientBuilder\" data-throw-if-not-resolved=\"false\" data-raw-source=\"this\"></xref> for additional ways to construct the client."
metadata: {}
package: "com.azure.communication.chat"
artifact: com.azure:azure-communication-chat:1.5.6