diff --git a/docs/source/examples/.gitignore b/docs/source/examples/.gitignore
index 5d3ee3e1..18937208 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/source/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 rd_implementations.ymmsl
 benchmark_implementations.ymmsl
+dispatch_implementations.ymmsl
 run_*
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/Makefile b/docs/source/examples/Makefile
index d308b42b..1f948a6e 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/Makefile
+++ b/docs/source/examples/Makefile
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ endif
 
 
 .PHONY: base
-base: python rd_implementations.ymmsl benchmark_implementations.ymmsl
+base: python rd_implementations.ymmsl benchmark_implementations.ymmsl dispatch_implementations.ymmsl
 
 
 
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C python clean
 	rm -f rd_implementations.ymmsl
 	rm -f benchmark_implementations.ymmsl
+	rm -f dispatch_implementations.ymmsl
 	rm -rf run_*/
 
 
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ test_cpp: base cpp
 		$$(ls $$(ls -d run_checkpointing_reaction_diffusion_cpp* | tail -n1)/snapshots/*.ymmsl | head -n1)
 	. python/build/venv/bin/activate && muscle_manager --start-all rd_implementations.ymmsl rd_python_cpp.ymmsl rd_settings.ymmsl
 	. python/build/venv/bin/activate && muscle_manager --start-all rd_implementations.ymmsl rdmc_cpp.ymmsl rdmc_settings.ymmsl
+	. python/build/venv/bin/activate && muscle_manager --start-all dispatch_implementations.ymmsl dispatch_cpp.ymmsl
 
 .PHONY: test_cpp_mpi
 test_cpp_mpi: base cpp_mpi
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/cpp/buffer.cpp b/docs/source/examples/cpp/buffer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cd2d4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/examples/cpp/buffer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "libmuscle/libmuscle.hpp"
+#include "ymmsl/ymmsl.hpp"
+
+#include "unistd.h"
+
+
+using libmuscle::Data;
+using libmuscle::Instance;
+using libmuscle::Message;
+using ymmsl::Operator;
+
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+    Instance instance(argc, argv, {
+            {Operator::F_INIT, {"in"}},
+            {Operator::O_F, {"out"}}});
+
+    while (instance.reuse_instance()) {
+        // F_INIT
+        Message msg = instance.receive("in", Message(0.0, Data("Testing")));
+
+        // S
+        usleep(250000);
+
+        // O_F
+        instance.send("out", msg);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/cpp/build/Makefile b/docs/source/examples/cpp/build/Makefile
index e6fd6332..a52fd13f 100644
--- a/docs/source/examples/cpp/build/Makefile
+++ b/docs/source/examples/cpp/build/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ MPI_CXXFLAGS := -std=c++14 -g $(shell pkg-config --cflags libmuscle_mpi ymmsl)
 MPI_LDFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libmuscle_mpi ymmsl)
 
 
-binaries := reaction diffusion mc_driver load_balancer checkpointing_reaction checkpointing_diffusion benchmark
+binaries := reaction diffusion mc_driver load_balancer
+binaries += checkpointing_reaction checkpointing_diffusion
+binaries += benchmark buffer
 mpi_binaries := reaction_mpi
 
 
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/dispatch_cpp.ymmsl b/docs/source/examples/dispatch_cpp.ymmsl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..304de8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/examples/dispatch_cpp.ymmsl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+ymmsl_version: v0.1
+
+model:
+  name: dispatch_cpp
+
+  components:
+    component1:
+      implementation: buffer_cpp
+      ports:
+        o_f: out
+
+    component2:
+      implementation: buffer_cpp
+      ports:
+        f_init: in
+        o_f: out
+
+    component3:
+      implementation: buffer_cpp
+      ports:
+        f_init: in
+
+  conduits:
+    component1.out: component2.in
+    component2.out: component3.in
+
+resources:
+  component1:
+    threads: 1
+  component2:
+    threads: 1
+  component3:
+    threads: 1
+
diff --git a/docs/source/examples/dispatch_implementations.ymmsl.in b/docs/source/examples/dispatch_implementations.ymmsl.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..553db472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/examples/dispatch_implementations.ymmsl.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ymmsl_version: v0.1
+
+implementations:
+  buffer_cpp:
+    env:
+      +LD_LIBRARY_PATH: :MUSCLE3_HOME/lib
+    executable: MUSCLE3_EXAMPLES/cpp/build/buffer
+