Remove is_socket_open from base.

pymodbus/client/base.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from pymodbus.client.mixin import ModbusClientMixin
 from pymodbus.constants import Defaults
-from pymodbus.exceptions import ConnectionException, NotImplementedException
+from pymodbus.exceptions import ConnectionException
 from pymodbus.factory import ClientDecoder
 from pymodbus.framer import ModbusFramer
 from pymodbus.logging import Log
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
         self.state = ModbusTransactionState.IDLE
         self.last_frame_end: float = 0
         self.silent_interval: float = 0
-        self._reconnect_task: asyncio.Task = None
 
         # Initialize  mixin
         ModbusClientMixin.__init__(self)
@@ -154,10 +153,6 @@ def register(self, custom_response_class: ModbusResponse) -> None:
         """
         self.framer.decoder.register(custom_response_class)
 
-    def is_socket_open(self) -> bool:
-        """Return whether socket/serial is open or not (call **sync**)."""
-        raise NotImplementedException
-
     def idle_time(self) -> float:
         """Time before initiating next transaction (call **sync**).
 

test/test_client.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from pymodbus.client.base import ModbusBaseClient
 from pymodbus.client.mixin import ModbusClientMixin
 from pymodbus.constants import Defaults
-from pymodbus.exceptions import ConnectionException, NotImplementedException
+from pymodbus.exceptions import ConnectionException
 from pymodbus.framer.ascii_framer import ModbusAsciiFramer
 from pymodbus.framer.rtu_framer import ModbusRtuFramer
 from pymodbus.framer.socket_framer import ModbusSocketFramer
@@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ async def test_client_modbusbaseclient():
     assert client.send(buffer) == buffer
     assert client.recv(10) == 10
 
-    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedException):
-        client.is_socket_open()
-
     with mock.patch(
         "pymodbus.client.base.ModbusBaseClient.connect"
     ) as p_connect, mock.patch(