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        <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="Channel"><span class="type-signature"></span>new Channel(target, credentials, options)</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>This constructor API is almost identical to the Client constructor,except that some of the options for the Client constructor are not validhere.</p>    </div>                            <h5>Parameters:</h5>        <table class="params table table-striped">    <thead>    <tr>                <th>Name</th>                <th>Type</th>                        <th class="last">Description</th>    </tr>    </thead>    <tbody>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>target</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">string</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>The address of the server to connect to</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>credentials</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">grpc.ChannelCredentials</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>Channel credentials to use when connecting</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>options</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc.html#~ChannelOptions">grpc~ChannelOptions</a></span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>A map of channel options that will be passed to the core.    The available options are listed in    <a href="https://grpc.github.io/grpc/core/group__grpc__arg__keys.html">this document</a>.</p></td>        </tr>        </tbody></table>        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            </dd>        </div>                                    <h3 class="subsection-title">Methods</h3>        <dl>            <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="close"><span class="type-signature"></span>close()</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>Close the channel. This has the same functionality as the existing grpc.Client#close</p>    </div>                        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            </dd>                    <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="createCall"><span class="type-signature"></span>createCall(method, deadline, host, parentCall, propagateFlags)</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>Create a call object. Call is an opaque type used by the <a href="grpc.Client.html">grpc.Client</a>and <a href="grpc.Server.html">grpc.Server</a> classes. This function is called by the gRPC librarywhen starting a request. Implementers should return an instance of Call thatis returned from calling createCall on an instance of the provided Channelclass.</p>    </div>                            <h5>Parameters:</h5>        <table class="params table table-striped">    <thead>    <tr>                <th>Name</th>                <th>Type</th>                        <th class="last">Description</th>    </tr>    </thead>    <tbody>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>method</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">string</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>The full method string to request</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>deadline</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc.html#~Deadline">grpc~Deadline</a></span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>The call deadline</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>host</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">string</span>|<span class="param-type">null</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>A host string override for making the request</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>parentCall</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc-Call.html">grpc~Call</a></span>|<span class="param-type">null</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>A server call to propagate some    information from</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>propagateFlags</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">number</span>|<span class="param-type">null</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>A bitwise combination of elements of    <a href="grpc.html#.propagate">grpc.propagate</a> that indicates what information to propagate    from parentCall</p></td>        </tr>        </tbody></table>        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            <h5>Returns:</h5>                <dl>    <dt>        Type    </dt>    <dd>        <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc-Call.html">grpc~Call</a></span>    </dd></dl>            </dd>                    <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="getConnectivityState"><span class="type-signature"></span>getConnectivityState(tryToConnect)</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>Get the channel's current connectivity state.</p>    </div>                            <h5>Parameters:</h5>        <table class="params table table-striped">    <thead>    <tr>                <th>Name</th>                <th>Type</th>                        <th class="last">Description</th>    </tr>    </thead>    <tbody>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>tryToConnect</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">boolean</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>If true, the channel will start connecting if it is    idle. Otherwise, idle channels will only start connecting when a    call starts.</p></td>        </tr>        </tbody></table>        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            <h5>Returns:</h5>                <div class="param-desc">    <p>The current connectivity state</p></div><dl>    <dt>        Type    </dt>    <dd>        <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc.html#.connectivityState">grpc.connectivityState</a></span>    </dd></dl>            </dd>                    <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="getTarget"><span class="type-signature"></span>getTarget()</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>Return the target that this channel connects to</p>    </div>                        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            <h5>Returns:</h5>                <div class="param-desc">    <p>The target</p></div><dl>    <dt>        Type    </dt>    <dd>        <span class="param-type">string</span>    </dd></dl>            </dd>                    <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="watchConnectivityState"><span class="type-signature"></span>watchConnectivityState(currentState, deadline, callback)</h4>        </dt><dd>        <div class="description">        <p>Watch for connectivity state changes.</p>    </div>                            <h5>Parameters:</h5>        <table class="params table table-striped">    <thead>    <tr>                <th>Name</th>                <th>Type</th>                        <th class="last">Description</th>    </tr>    </thead>    <tbody>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>currentState</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">grpc.ConnectivityState</span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>The state to watch for    transitions from. This should always be populated by calling    getConnectivityState immediately before.</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>deadline</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc.html#~Deadline">grpc~Deadline</a></span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>A deadline for waiting for a state change</p></td>        </tr>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>callback</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type"><a href="grpc.Channel.html#~watchConnectivityStateCallback">grpc.Channel~watchConnectivityStateCallback</a></span>                        </td>                                    <td class="description last"><p>Called with no    error when the state changes, or with an error if the deadline passes    without a state change</p></td>        </tr>        </tbody></table>        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            </dd>        </dl>                <h3 class="subsection-title">Type Definitions</h3>        <dl>                <hr><dt>    <h4 class="name" id="~watchConnectivityStateCallback"><span class="type-signature"></span>watchConnectivityStateCallback(error)</h4>        </dt><dd>                            <h5>Parameters:</h5>        <table class="params table table-striped">    <thead>    <tr>                <th>Name</th>                <th>Type</th>                <th>Argument</th>                        <th class="last">Description</th>    </tr>    </thead>    <tbody>            <tr>                            <td class="name"><code>error</code></td>                        <td class="type">                            <span class="param-type">Error</span>                        </td>                            <td class="attributes">                                                    <nullable><br>                                                </td>                                    <td class="description last"></td>        </tr>        </tbody></table>        <dl class="details">    			                									</dl>                            </dd>            </dl>        </article></section>		</div>	</div>	<div class="clearfix"></div>			<div class="col-md-3">			<div id="toc" class="col-md-3 hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md"></div>		</div>	</div></div>    <div class="modal fade" id="searchResults">      <div class="modal-dialog">        <div class="modal-content">          <div class="modal-header">            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button>            <h4 class="modal-title">Search results</h4>          </div>          <div class="modal-body"></div>          <div class="modal-footer">            <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>          </div>        </div><!-- /.modal-content -->      </div><!-- /.modal-dialog -->    </div><footer><span class="jsdoc-message">	Documentation generated by <a href="https://github.com/jsdoc3/jsdoc">JSDoc 3.5.5</a>			on 2019-07-15T16:38:16-07:00		using the <a href="https://github.com/docstrap/docstrap">DocStrap template</a>.</span></footer><script src="scripts/docstrap.lib.js"></script><script src="scripts/toc.js"></script>    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/fulltext-search-ui.js"></script><script>$( function () {	$( "[id*='$']" ).each( function () {		var $this = $( this );		$this.attr( "id", $this.attr( "id" ).replace( "$", "__" ) );	} );	$( ".tutorial-section pre, .readme-section pre, pre.prettyprint.source" ).each( function () {		var $this = $( this );		var example = $this.find( "code" );		exampleText = example.html();		var lang = /{@lang (.*?)}/.exec( exampleText );		if ( lang && lang[1] ) {			exampleText = exampleText.replace( lang[0], "" );			example.html( exampleText );			lang = lang[1];		} else {			var langClassMatch = example.parent()[0].className.match(/lang\-(\S+)/);			lang = langClassMatch ? 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