Index: sdk/lib/io/http.dart |
diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/http.dart b/sdk/lib/io/http.dart |
index 853b8581dc7a540144728dd33e5e04999117a9ce..e755c2a4c3e4ea20f1ef5f623bd99091b16cd031 100644 |
--- a/sdk/lib/io/http.dart |
+++ b/sdk/lib/io/http.dart |
@@ -64,32 +64,63 @@ abstract class HttpServer implements Stream<HttpRequest> { |
* Starts listening for HTTP requests on the specified [address] and |
* [port]. |
* |
- * 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. |
+ * The [address] can either be a [String] or an |
+ * [InternetAddress]. If [address] is a [String], [bind] will |
+ * perform a [InternetAddress.lookup] and use the first value in the |
+ * list. To listen on the loopback adapter, which will allow only |
+ * incoming connections from the local host, use the value |
+ * [InternetAddress.LOOPBACK_IP_V4] or |
+ * [InternetAddress.LOOPBACK_IP_V6]. To allow for incoming |
+ * connection from the network use either one of the values |
+ * [InternetAddress.ANY_IP_V4] or [InternetAddress.ANY_IP_V6] 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. |
+ * If an IP version 6 (IPv6) address is used, both IP version 6 |
+ * (IPv6) and version 4 (IPv4) connections will be accepted. To |
+ * restrict this to version 6 (IPv6) only, use [HttpServer.listenOn] |
+ * with a [ServerSocket] configured for IP version 6 connections |
+ * only. |
+ * |
+ * If [port] has the value [:0:] an ephemeral port will be chosen by |
+ * the system. The actual port used can be retrieved using the |
+ * [port] getter. |
* |
* The optional argument [backlog] can be used to specify the listen |
* backlog for the underlying OS listen setup. If [backlog] has the |
* value of [:0:] (the default) a reasonable value will be chosen by |
* the system. |
*/ |
- static Future<HttpServer> bind([String address = "127.0.0.1", |
- int port = 0, |
- int backlog = 0]) |
+ static Future<HttpServer> bind(address, |
+ int port, |
+ {int backlog: 0}) |
=> _HttpServer.bind(address, port, backlog); |
/** |
- * Starts listening for HTTPS requests on the specified [address] and |
- * [port]. If a [port] of 0 is specified the server will choose an |
- * ephemeral port. The optional argument [backlog] can be used to |
- * specify the listen backlog for the underlying OS listen |
- * setup. |
+ * The [address] can either be a [String] or an |
+ * [InternetAddress]. If [address] is a [String], [bind] will |
+ * perform a [InternetAddress.lookup] and use the first value in the |
+ * list. To listen on the loopback adapter, which will allow only |
+ * incoming connections from the local host, use the value |
+ * [InternetAddress.LOOPBACK_IP_V4] or |
+ * [InternetAddress.LOOPBACK_IP_V6]. To allow for incoming |
+ * connection from the network use either one of the values |
+ * [InternetAddress.ANY_IP_V4] or [InternetAddress.ANY_IP_V6] to |
+ * bind to all interfaces or the IP address of a specific interface. |
+ * |
+ * If an IP version 6 (IPv6) address is used, both IP version 6 |
+ * (IPv6) and version 4 (IPv4) connections will be accepted. To |
+ * restrict this to version 6 (IPv6) only, use [HttpServer.listenOn] |
+ * with a [ServerSocket] configured for IP version 6 connections |
+ * only. |
+ * |
+ * If [port] has the value [:0:] an ephemeral port will be chosen by |
+ * the system. The actual port used can be retrieved using the |
+ * [port] getter. |
+ * |
+ * The optional argument [backlog] can be used to specify the listen |
+ * backlog for the underlying OS listen setup. If [backlog] has the |
+ * value of [:0:] (the default) a reasonable value will be chosen by |
+ * the system. |
* |
* The certificate with Distinguished Name [certificateName] is looked |
* up in the certificate database, and is used as the server certificate. |
@@ -97,7 +128,7 @@ abstract class HttpServer implements Stream<HttpRequest> { |
* to authenticate with a client certificate. |
*/ |
- static Future<HttpServer> bindSecure(String address, |
+ static Future<HttpServer> bindSecure(address, |
int port, |
{int backlog: 0, |
String certificateName, |
@@ -697,7 +728,8 @@ abstract class HttpRequest implements Stream<List<int>> { |
/** |
- * HTTP response to be send back to the client. |
+ * An [HttpResponse] represents the headers and data to be returned to |
+ * a client in response to an HTTP request. |
* |
* This object has a number of properties for setting up the HTTP |
* header of the response. When the header has been set up the methods |