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# ``twisted`.`application`.`internet`.`_AbstractClient``

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`class _AbstractClient(_VolatileDataService): (source)`

Known subclasses: `twisted.application.internet.SSLClient`, `twisted.application.internet.TCPClient`, `twisted.application.internet.UNIXClient`, `twisted.application.internet.UNIXDatagramClient`

Constructor: `_AbstractClient(*args, **kwargs)`

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Method | `__init__` | Undocumented
Method | `startService` | Start the service.
Method | `stopService` | Stop the service.
Class Variable | `volatile` | list of attribute to remove from pickling.
Instance Variable | `args` | Undocumented
Instance Variable | `kwargs` | Undocumented
Instance Variable | `method` | the type of method to call on the reactor, one of TCP, UDP, SSL or UNIX.
Instance Variable | `reactor` | the current running reactor.
Method | `_getConnection` | Wrapper around the appropriate connect method of the reactor.
Instance Variable | `_connection` | instance of connection set when the service is started.

Inherited from `_VolatileDataService`:

Method | `__getstate__` | Undocumented

Inherited from `Service` (via `_VolatileDataService`):

Method | `disownServiceParent` | Use this API to remove an `IService` from an `IServiceCollection`.
Method | `privilegedStartService` | Do preparation work for starting the service.
Method | `setName` | Set the name of the service.
Method | `setServiceParent` | Set the parent of the service. This method is responsible for setting the `parent` attribute on this service (the child service).
Instance Variable | `name` | A `str` which is the name of the service or `None`.
Instance Variable | `parent` | An `IServiceCollection` which is the parent or `None`.
Instance Variable | `running` | A `boolean` which indicates whether the service is running.

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): (source)

Undocumented

def startService(self): (source)
from `twisted.application.service.IService`
overrides `twisted.application.service.Service.startService`

Start the service.

def stopService(self): (source)
from `twisted.application.service.IService`
overrides `twisted.application.service.Service.stopService`

Stop the service.

Returns
`Deferred` | a `Deferred` which is triggered when the service has finished shutting down. If shutting down is immediate, a value can be returned (usually, `None`).

volatile: `list` = (source)
overrides `twisted.application.internet._VolatileDataService.volatile`

list of attribute to remove from pickling.

args = (source)

Undocumented

kwargs = (source)

Undocumented

method: `str` = (source)
overridden in `twisted.application.internet.SSLClient`, `twisted.application.internet.TCPClient`, `twisted.application.internet.UNIXClient`, `twisted.application.internet.UNIXDatagramClient`

the type of method to call on the reactor, one of TCP, UDP, SSL or UNIX.

reactor: a provider of `IReactorTCP`, `IReactorUDP`, `IReactorSSL` or `IReactorUnix`. = (source)

the current running reactor.

def _getConnection(self): (source)

Wrapper around the appropriate connect method of the reactor.

Returns
an object providing `twisted.internet.interfaces.IConnector`. | the port object returned by the connect method.

_connection: a provider of `twisted.internet.interfaces.IConnector`. = (source)

instance of connection set when the service is started.