public static OutputStream leftShift(Socket self,byte[] value) throws IOException {
  return IOGroovyMethods.leftShift(self.getOutputStream(),value);
}

public static OutputStream leftShift ( Socket self , byte [ ] value ) throws IOException { return IOGroovyMethods . leftShift ( self . getOutputStream ( ) , value ) ; }
overloads the left shift operator to provide an append mechanism to add bytes to the output stream of a socket
