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doc: add added: information for dgram

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PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8196
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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Luigi Pinca 2016-08-20 12:03:05 +02:00 committed by James M Snell
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@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ server.bind(41234);
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## Class: dgram.Socket
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The `dgram.Socket` object is an [`EventEmitter`][] that encapsulates the
datagram functionality.
@ -37,11 +40,17 @@ New instances of `dgram.Socket` are created using [`dgram.createSocket()`][].
The `new` keyword is not to be used to create `dgram.Socket` instances.
### Event: 'close'
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The `'close'` event is emitted after a socket is closed with [`close()`][].
Once triggered, no new `'message'` events will be emitted on this socket.
### Event: 'error'
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* `exception` {Error}
@ -49,11 +58,17 @@ The `'error'` event is emitted whenever any error occurs. The event handler
function is passed a single Error object.
### Event: 'listening'
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The `'listening'` event is emitted whenever a socket begins listening for
datagram messages. This occurs as soon as UDP sockets are created.
### Event: 'message'
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* `msg` {Buffer} - The message
* `rinfo` {Object} - Remote address information
@ -85,12 +100,18 @@ one interface and will add membership to it. To add membership to every
available interface, call `addMembership` multiple times, once per interface.
### socket.address()
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Returns an object containing the address information for a socket.
For UDP sockets, this object will contain `address`, `family` and `port`
properties.
### socket.bind([port][, address][, callback])
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* `port` {Number} - Integer, Optional
* `address` {String}, Optional
@ -139,6 +160,9 @@ server.bind(41234);
```
### socket.bind(options[, callback])
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added: v0.11.14
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* `options` {Object} - Required. Supports the following properties:
* `port` {Number} - Required.
@ -172,6 +196,9 @@ socket.bind({
```
### socket.close([callback])
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Close the underlying socket and stop listening for data on it. If a callback is
provided, it is added as a listener for the [`'close'`][] event.
@ -193,6 +220,9 @@ If `multicastInterface` is not specified, the operating system will attempt to
drop membership on all valid interfaces.
### socket.send(msg, [offset, length,] port, address[, callback])
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* `msg` {Buffer|String|Array} Message to be sent
* `offset` {Number} Integer. Optional. Offset in the buffer where the message starts.
@ -300,6 +330,9 @@ Sets or clears the `SO_BROADCAST` socket option. When set to `true`, UDP
packets may be sent to a local interface's broadcast address.
### socket.setMulticastLoopback(flag)
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added: v0.3.8
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* `flag` {Boolean}
@ -307,6 +340,9 @@ Sets or clears the `IP_MULTICAST_LOOP` socket option. When set to `true`,
multicast packets will also be received on the local interface.
### socket.setMulticastTTL(ttl)
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added: v0.3.8
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* `ttl` {Number} Integer
@ -320,6 +356,9 @@ The argument passed to to `socket.setMulticastTTL()` is a number of hops
between 0 and 255. The default on most systems is `1` but can vary.
### socket.setTTL(ttl)
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* `ttl` {Number} Integer
@ -333,6 +372,9 @@ The argument to `socket.setTTL()` is a number of hops between 1 and 255.
The default on most systems is 64 but can vary.
### socket.ref()
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By default, binding a socket will cause it to block the Node.js process from
exiting as long as the socket is open. The `socket.unref()` method can be used
@ -346,6 +388,9 @@ The `socket.ref()` method returns a reference to the socket so calls can be
chained.
### socket.unref()
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By default, binding a socket will cause it to block the Node.js process from
exiting as long as the socket is open. The `socket.unref()` method can be used
@ -383,6 +428,9 @@ s.bind(1234, () => {
## `dgram` module functions
### dgram.createSocket(options[, callback])
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* `options` {Object}
* `callback` {Function} Attached as a listener to `'message'` events.
@ -405,6 +453,9 @@ and `udp6` sockets). The bound address and port can be retrieved using
[`socket.address().address`][] and [`socket.address().port`][].
### dgram.createSocket(type[, callback])
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* `type` {String} - Either 'udp4' or 'udp6'
* `callback` {Function} - Attached as a listener to `'message'` events.