Allows explicitly requesting channel to connect without starting an RPC. Returned task completes once state Ready was seen. If the deadline is reached, or channel enters the Shutdown state, the task is cancelled. There is no need to call this explicitly unless your use case requires that. Starting an RPC on a new channel will request connection implicitly.

Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Serves as a hash function for a particular type.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Shuts down the channel cleanly. It is strongly recommended to shutdown all previously created channels before exiting from the process.

Returns a string that represents the current object.

Returned tasks completes once channel state has become different from given lastObservedState. If deadline is reached or and error occurs, returned task is cancelled.