Rust Lifetime Playground

rust-lifetime-examples-2.rs

use std::collections::HashMap;

fn main() {
    struct User<'a> {
        name: &'a str,
    }

    impl<'a> User<'a> {
        fn new(uname: &'a str, pwd: &'a str) -> User<'a> {
            User { name: uname }
        }
    }

    struct ChatRoom<'a> {
        name: &'a str,
        users: HashMap<&'a str, User<'a>>,
    }

    impl<'a> ChatRoom<'a> {
        fn new(name: &str) -> ChatRoom {
            let users = HashMap::new();
            ChatRoom {
                name: name,
                users: users,
            }
        }

        fn join(&mut self, user: User<'a>) {
            self.users.insert(user.name, user);
        }
    }

    let mut room = ChatRoom::new("Test");
    let user = User::new("bender", "123");
    room.join(user);
}