Socket

Attach channel for reading so incoming bytes appears in the attached channel. Only one channel could be attached

Attach channel for writing so bytes written to the attached channel will be transmitted Only one channel could be attached

Local socket address. Could throw an exception if no address bound yet.

Remote socket address. Could throw an exception if the peer is not yet connected or already disconnected.

Represents a socket lifetime, completes at socket closure

Await until socket close

Opens socket input and output channels and returns connection object

Check if the socket is closed

Open a read channel, could be done only once

Open a write channel, could be opened only once