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    Instances of the worker.MessageChannel class represent an asynchronous, two-way communications channel. The MessageChannel has no methods of its own. new MessageChannel() yields an object with port1 and port2 properties, which refer to linked MessagePort instances.

    import { MessageChannel } from 'node:worker_threads';
    
    const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannel();
    port1.on('message', (message) => console.log('received', message));
    port2.postMessage({ foo: 'bar' });
    // Prints: received { foo: 'bar' } from the `port1.on('message')` listener
    const { MessageChannel } = require('node:worker_threads');
    
    const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannel();
    port1.on('message', (message) => console.log('received', message));
    port2.postMessage({ foo: 'bar' });
    // Prints: received { foo: 'bar' } from the `port1.on('message')` listener