Async socket

In Flash, I could create an async socket.
Which is very useful because it allows server pushing data
asynchronously (i.e. on the events of new data is available or changes
in data) to the client without the client's constant initiative.

Does GWT have a means to create async sockets?

Actually, how would you create an browser-side async socket in
javascript?

I know of a way some people play cheat by polling. Using the browser's
javascript, they create a so-called listener in which you declare the
url you wish to listen to and the interval of polling. And on the
listenee side, you have to install a message pusher that would listen
for the browser's "listener" polling.

I think that is cheating because the actual listener is the server not
the browser, because the browser is initiating data transfer by
polling and the server listens to the poll.
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