diff --git a/examples/application-example/.gitignore b/examples/application-example/.gitignore
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+++ b/examples/application-example/.gitignore
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+Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/examples/application-example/Gemfile b/examples/application-example/Gemfile
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+++ b/examples/application-example/Gemfile
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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'bunnyrun', path: '../..'
diff --git a/examples/application-example/bin/foobar b/examples/application-example/bin/foobar
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+++ b/examples/application-example/bin/foobar
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../../lib', File.realpath(__FILE__)))
+require 'bunnyrun'
+require 'foobar'
+
+cli = BunnyRun::CLI.new(
+  name: File.basename(__FILE__),
+  version: Foobar::VERSION
+)
+
+cli.run(ARGV)
diff --git a/examples/application-example/lib/foobar.rb b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar.rb
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+++ b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar.rb
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+require 'foobar/consumers'
+require 'foobar/version'
+
+module Foobar
+end
diff --git a/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/consumers.rb b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/consumers.rb
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+++ b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/consumers.rb
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+require 'foobar/ping_consumer'
+require 'foobar/pong_consumer'
diff --git a/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/ping_consumer.rb b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/ping_consumer.rb
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+++ b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/ping_consumer.rb
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+require 'bunnyrun'
+
+module Foobar
+  class PingConsumer < BunnyRun::Consumer
+    queue 'ping'
+
+    exchange 'ping-pong', type: :direct
+    bind 'ping-pong', routing_key: 'ping'
+
+    manual_ack true # default is false
+
+    def perform(message)
+      logger.info "#{self.class} received: #{message.payload}"
+      sleep 1
+
+      publish('ping-pong', 'PONG', routing_key: 'pong')
+      message.ack
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/pong_consumer.rb b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/pong_consumer.rb
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+++ b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/pong_consumer.rb
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+require 'bunnyrun'
+
+module Foobar
+  class PongConsumer < BunnyRun::Consumer
+    queue 'pong'
+
+    exchange 'ping-pong', type: :direct
+    bind 'ping-pong', routing_key: 'pong'
+
+    manual_ack true # default is false
+
+    def perform(message)
+      logger.info "#{self.class} received: #{message.payload}"
+      sleep 1
+
+      publish('ping-pong', 'PING', routing_key: 'ping')
+      message.ack
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/version.rb b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/version.rb
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+++ b/examples/application-example/lib/foobar/version.rb
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+module Foobar
+  VERSION = '0.1.0'.freeze
+end
diff --git a/examples/application-example/run_example.sh b/examples/application-example/run_example.sh
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+++ b/examples/application-example/run_example.sh
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+bundle check || bundle install
+
+exec bundle exec bin/foobar
diff --git a/examples/basic-consumers-example/ping_consumer.rb b/examples/basic-consumers-example/ping_consumer.rb
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+++ b/examples/basic-consumers-example/ping_consumer.rb
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+require 'bunnyrun'
+
+class PingConsumer < BunnyRun::Consumer
+  queue 'ping'
+
+  exchange 'ping-pong', type: :direct
+  bind 'ping-pong', routing_key: 'ping'
+
+  manual_ack true # default is false
+
+  def perform(message)
+    logger.info "#{self.class} received: #{message.payload}"
+    sleep 1
+
+    publish('ping-pong', 'PONG', routing_key: 'pong')
+    message.ack
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/basic-consumers-example/pong_consumer.rb b/examples/basic-consumers-example/pong_consumer.rb
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+++ b/examples/basic-consumers-example/pong_consumer.rb
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+require 'bunnyrun'
+
+class PongConsumer < BunnyRun::Consumer
+  queue 'pong'
+
+  exchange 'ping-pong', type: :direct
+  bind 'ping-pong', routing_key: 'pong'
+
+  manual_ack true # default is false
+
+  def perform(message)
+    logger.info "#{self.class} received: #{message.payload}"
+    sleep 1
+
+    publish('ping-pong', 'PING', routing_key: 'ping')
+    message.ack
+  end
+end
diff --git a/examples/basic-consumers-example/run_example.sh b/examples/basic-consumers-example/run_example.sh
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+++ b/examples/basic-consumers-example/run_example.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exec ../../exe/bunnyrun ping_consumer.rb pong_consumer.rb