Task-class.html">ConnectionTask</a> that can be cancelled if the <a href="dart-io/RawSocket-class.html">RawSocket</a> is no
longer needed.</p>
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      <h2><span>Implementation</span></h2>
      <pre class="language-dart"><code class="language-dart">external static Future&lt;ConnectionTask&lt;RawSocket&gt;&gt; startConnect(host, int port,
    {sourceAddress});</code></pre>
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