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+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using VL.Core.Import;
+using VL.Lib.Basics.Resources;
+using VL.Lib.IO.Socket;
+using NetSocket = System.Net.Sockets.Socket;
+using NetUtils = VL.Lib.IO.Net.NetUtils;
+
+[assembly: ImportType(typeof(UdpSocket), Category = "IO.Socket.Advanced")]
+
+namespace VL.Lib.IO.Socket
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Manages a UDP socket client provider.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ProcessNode]
+    public class UdpSocketClient
+    {
+        ResourceProviderMonitor<NetSocket> FCurrentProvider;
+        private bool FConnect = false;
+        private IPEndPoint FRemoteIPEndPoint;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configures the internally managed socket provider.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="remoteEndpoint">The remote end point to use.</param>
+        /// <param name="connect">Whether or not to connect the socket.</param>
+        /// <param name="enabled">Whether or not the socket is active.</param>
+        /// <returns>A socket provider which can be used by multiple threads in parallel.</returns>
+        public IResourceProvider<NetSocket> Update(IPEndPoint remoteEndpoint, bool connect, bool enabled = true)
+        {
+            if (!NetUtils.Equals(FRemoteIPEndPoint, remoteEndpoint) || FConnect != connect)
+            {
+                FConnect = connect;
+                FRemoteIPEndPoint = remoteEndpoint;
+
+                FCurrentProvider = ResourceProvider.New(() =>
+                {
+                    var socket = new NetSocket(SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
+                    socket.ExclusiveAddressUse = false;
+                    socket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);
+                    if (connect && remoteEndpoint != null)
+                        socket.Connect(remoteEndpoint);
+                    return socket;
+                }).ShareInParallel().Monitor();
+            }
+
+            if (enabled)
+                return FCurrentProvider;
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether or not the socket is open.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool IsOpen => FCurrentProvider?.SinkCount > 0;
+    }
+}