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+import abc
+import asyncio
+
+
+class Connection(abc.ABC):
+    """
+    The `Connection` class is a wrapper around ``asyncio.open_connection``.
+
+    Subclasses are meant to communicate with this class through a queue.
+
+    This class provides a reliable interface that will stay connected
+    under any conditions for as long as the user doesn't disconnect or
+    the input parameters to auto-reconnect dictate otherwise.
+    """
+    # TODO Support proxy. Support timeout?
+    def __init__(self, ip, port, *, loop):
+        self._ip = ip
+        self._port = port
+        self._loop = loop
+        self._reader = None
+        self._writer = None
+        self._disconnected = asyncio.Event(loop=loop)
+        self._disconnected.set()
+        self._send_task = None
+        self._recv_task = None
+        self._send_queue = asyncio.Queue(1)
+        self._recv_queue = asyncio.Queue(1)
+
+    async def connect(self):
+        """
+        Establishes a connection with the server.
+        """
+        self._reader, self._writer = await asyncio.open_connection(
+            self._ip, self._port, loop=self._loop)
+
+        self._disconnected.clear()
+        self._send_task = self._loop.create_task(self._send_loop())
+        self._recv_task = self._loop.create_task(self._send_loop())
+
+    def disconnect(self):
+        """
+        Disconnects from the server.
+        """
+        self._disconnected.set()
+        self._writer.close()
+
+    def send(self, data):
+        """
+        Sends a packet of data through this connection mode.
+
+        This method returns a coroutine.
+        """
+        return self._send_queue.put(data)
+
+    def recv(self):
+        """
+        Receives a packet of data through this connection mode.
+
+        This method returns a coroutine.
+        """
+        return self._recv_queue.get()
+
+    # TODO Get/put to the queue with cancellation
+    async def _send_loop(self):
+        """
+        This loop is constantly popping items off the queue to send them.
+        """
+        while not self._disconnected.is_set():
+            self._send(await self._send_queue.get())
+            await self._writer.drain()
+
+    async def _recv_loop(self):
+        """
+        This loop is constantly putting items on the queue as they're read.
+        """
+        while not self._disconnected.is_set():
+            data = await self._recv()
+            await self._recv_queue.put(data)
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def _send(self, data):
+        """
+        This method should be implemented differently under each
+        connection mode and serialize the data into the packet
+        the way it should be sent through `self._writer`.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    async def _recv(self):
+        """
+        This method should be implemented differently under each
+        connection mode and deserialize the data from the packet
+        the way it should be read from `self._reader`.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError