# Conversation
Namespace: LLama.Batched
A single conversation thread that can be prompted (adding tokens from the user) or inferred (extracting a token from the LLM)
```csharp
public sealed class Conversation : System.IDisposable
```
Inheritance [Object](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.object) → [Conversation](./llama.batched.conversation.md)
Implements [IDisposable](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.idisposable)
## Properties
### **Executor**
The executor which this conversation belongs to
```csharp
public BatchedExecutor Executor { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[BatchedExecutor](./llama.batched.batchedexecutor.md)
### **ConversationId**
Unique ID for this conversation
```csharp
public LLamaSeqId ConversationId { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[LLamaSeqId](./llama.native.llamaseqid.md)
### **TokenCount**
Total number of tokens in this conversation, cannot exceed the context length.
```csharp
public int TokenCount { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[Int32](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.int32)
### **IsDisposed**
Indicates if this conversation has been disposed, nothing can be done with a disposed conversation
```csharp
public bool IsDisposed { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[Boolean](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.boolean)
### **RequiresInference**
Indicates if this conversation is waiting for inference to be run on the executor. "Prompt" and "Sample" cannot be called when this is true.
```csharp
public bool RequiresInference { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[Boolean](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.boolean)
### **RequiresSampling**
Indicates that this conversation should be sampled.
```csharp
public bool RequiresSampling { get; }
```
#### Property Value
[Boolean](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.boolean)
## Methods
### **Finalize()**
Finalizer for Conversation
```csharp
protected void Finalize()
```
### **Dispose()**
End this conversation, freeing all resources used by it
```csharp
public void Dispose()
```
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
### **Fork()**
Create a copy of the current conversation
```csharp
public Conversation Fork()
```
#### Returns
[Conversation](./llama.batched.conversation.md)
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
**Remarks:**
The copy shares internal state, so consumes very little extra memory.
### **Sample()**
Get the logits from this conversation, ready for sampling
```csharp
public Span Sample()
```
#### Returns
[Span<Single>](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.span-1)
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
[CannotSampleRequiresPromptException](./llama.batched.cannotsamplerequirespromptexception.md)
Thrown if this conversation was not prompted before the previous call to infer
[CannotSampleRequiresInferenceException](./llama.batched.cannotsamplerequiresinferenceexception.md)
Thrown if Infer() must be called on the executor
### **Prompt(String)**
Add tokens to this conversation
```csharp
public void Prompt(string input)
```
#### Parameters
`input` [String](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.string)
### **Prompt(List<LLamaToken>)**
Add tokens to this conversation
```csharp
public void Prompt(List tokens)
```
#### Parameters
`tokens` [List<LLamaToken>](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1)
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
[AlreadyPromptedConversationException](./llama.batched.alreadypromptedconversationexception.md)
### **Prompt(ReadOnlySpan<LLamaToken>)**
Add tokens to this conversation
```csharp
public void Prompt(ReadOnlySpan tokens)
```
#### Parameters
`tokens` [ReadOnlySpan<LLamaToken>](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.readonlyspan-1)
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
[AlreadyPromptedConversationException](./llama.batched.alreadypromptedconversationexception.md)
### **Prompt(LLamaToken)**
Add a single token to this conversation
```csharp
public void Prompt(LLamaToken token)
```
#### Parameters
`token` [LLamaToken](./llama.native.llamatoken.md)
#### Exceptions
[ObjectDisposedException](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.objectdisposedexception)
[AlreadyPromptedConversationException](./llama.batched.alreadypromptedconversationexception.md)
### **Modify(ModifyKvCache)**
Directly modify the KV cache of this conversation
```csharp
public void Modify(ModifyKvCache modifier)
```
#### Parameters
`modifier` [ModifyKvCache](./llama.batched.conversation.modifykvcache.md)
#### Exceptions
[CannotModifyWhileRequiresInferenceException](./llama.batched.cannotmodifywhilerequiresinferenceexception.md)
Thrown if this method is called while [Conversation.RequiresInference](./llama.batched.conversation.md#requiresinference) == true