docstr: Begin a connection to the address passed in via ray.client(...)
docstr_tok: ["Begin","a","connection","to","the","address","passed","in","via","ray.client","(","...",")"]
code: def connect(self) -> ClientContext:
      """
      Begin a connection to the address passed in via ray.client(...)
      """
      if self._deprecation_warn_enabled:
          self._client_deprecation_warn()
      # Fill runtime env/namespace from environment if not already set.
      # Should be done *after* the deprecation warning, since warning will
      # check if those values are already set.
      self._fill_defaults_from_env()
  
      connection_dict = ray.init(
          address=self.address, job_config=self._job_config
      )
      return ClientContext(
          dashboard_url=connection_dict["webui_url"],
          python_version="{}.{}.{}".format(
              sys.version_info[0],
              sys.version_info[1],
              sys.version_info[2],
          ),
          ray_version=ray.__version__,
          ray_commit=ray.__commit__,
          protocol_version=None,
          _num_clients=1,
          _context_to_restore=None,
      )
  
imports: import importlib
  import inspect
  import json
  import logging
  import os
  import sys
  import warnings
  from dataclasses import dataclass
  from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
  import ray.util.client_connect
  from ray._private.ray_constants import RAY_ADDRESS_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, RAY_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, RAY_RUNTIME_ENV_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE
  from ray._private.utils import check_ray_client_dependencies_installed, split_address
  from ray._private.worker import BaseContext
  from ray._private.worker import init
  from ray.job_config import JobConfig
  from ray.util.annotations import Deprecated, PublicAPI
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling the _LocalClientBuilder obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.connect() and returns: ClientContext