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+"""
+Module implementing the 'Chat' class and functions for managing a chat history.
+"""
+import pathlib
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import TypeVar, Type, Optional
+from .message import Message, MessageFilter, MessageError
+
+ChatInst = TypeVar('ChatInst', bound='Chat')
+
+
+class ChatError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Chat:
+    """
+    Class containing a complete chat history.
+    """
+    messages: list[Message]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_dir(cls: Type[ChatInst],
+                 path: pathlib.Path,
+                 glob: Optional[str] = None,
+                 mfilter: Optional[MessageFilter] = None) -> ChatInst:
+        """
+        Create a Chat instance from the message in the given directory.
+        If 'glob' is specified, files will be filtered using path.glob(),
+        otherwise we use path.iterdir(). Messages are created using
+        'Message.from_file()' with the optional MessageFilter.
+        """
+        messages: list[Message] = []
+        file_iter = path.glob(glob) if glob else path.iterdir()
+        for file_path in file_iter:
+            if file_path.is_file():
+                try:
+                    message = Message.from_file(file_path, mfilter)
+                    if message:
+                        messages.append(message)
+                except MessageError as e:
+                    print(f"Error processing message in file {file_path}: {str(e)}")
+        return cls(messages)