Index: sdk/lib/io/socket.dart |
diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/socket.dart b/sdk/lib/io/socket.dart |
index 48c864064f295f6c3bd1cb12ba3b6f322a3c8be8..6027a9ab65e730679eb5340d4ecfb5ec9da9e23a 100644 |
--- a/sdk/lib/io/socket.dart |
+++ b/sdk/lib/io/socket.dart |
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ abstract class RawServerSocket implements Stream<RawSocket> { |
* completes the server socket is bound to the given [address] and |
* [port] and has started listening on it. |
* |
+ * The default value for [address] is 127.0.0.1, which will allow |
+ * only incoming connections from the local host. To allow for |
+ * incoming connection from the network use either the value 0.0.0.0 |
+ * to bind to all interfaces or the IP address of a specific |
+ * interface. |
+ * |
* If [port] has the value [:0:] (the default) an ephemeral port will |
* be chosen by the system. The actual port used can be retrieved |
* using the [:port:] getter. |
@@ -51,6 +57,12 @@ abstract class ServerSocket implements Stream<Socket> { |
* completes the server socket is bound to the given [address] and |
* [port] and has started listening on it. |
* |
+ * The default value for [address] is 127.0.0.1, which will allow |
+ * only incoming connections from the local host. To allow for |
+ * incoming connection from the network use either the value 0.0.0.0 |
+ * to bind to all interfaces or the IP address of a specific |
+ * interface. |
+ * |
* If [port] has the value [:0:] (the default) an ephemeral port will |
* be chosen by the system. The actual port used can be retrieved |
* using the [port] getter. |