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doc: document backlog for server.listen() variants

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The backlog parameter is supported by all variations of
net.Server.listen(), but wasn't consistently documented. This
commit brings the documentation into a more consistent state.

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4056
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4025
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <fedor.indutny@gmail.com>
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Jan Schär 2015-11-25 21:56:11 +01:00 committed by cjihrig
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@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ when sockets were sent to forks.
Callback should take two arguments `err` and `count`.
### server.listen(handle[, callback])
### server.listen(handle[, backlog][, callback])
* `handle` {Object}
* `backlog` {Number}
* `callback` {Function}
The `handle` object can be set to either a server or socket (anything
@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ This function is asynchronous. When the server has been bound,
The last parameter `callback` will be added as a listener for the
[`'listening'`][] event.
The parameter `backlog` behaves the same as in
[`server.listen(port, \[host\], \[backlog\], \[callback\])`][].
### server.listen(options[, callback])
* `options` {Object} - Required. Supports the following properties:
@ -114,9 +118,8 @@ The last parameter `callback` will be added as a listener for the
The `port`, `host`, and `backlog` properties of `options`, as well as the
optional callback function, behave as they do on a call to
[server.listen(port, \[host\], \[backlog\], \[callback\])
](#net_server_listen_port_hostname_backlog_callback). Alternatively, the `path`
option can be used to specify a UNIX socket.
[`server.listen(port, \[host\], \[backlog\], \[callback\])`][]. Alternatively,
the `path` option can be used to specify a UNIX socket.
If `exclusive` is `false` (default), then cluster workers will use the same
underlying handle, allowing connection handling duties to be shared. When
@ -130,9 +133,10 @@ shown below.
exclusive: true
});
### server.listen(path[, callback])
### server.listen(path[, backlog][, callback])
* `path` {String}
* `backlog` {Number}
* `callback` {Function}
Start a local socket server listening for connections on the given `path`.
@ -157,6 +161,9 @@ double-backslashes, such as:
net.createServer().listen(
path.join('\\\\?\\pipe', process.cwd(), 'myctl'))
The parameter `backlog` behaves the same as in
[`server.listen(port, \[host\], \[backlog\], \[callback\])`][].
### server.listen(port[, hostname][, backlog][, callback])
Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `hostname`. If the
@ -677,6 +684,7 @@ Returns true if input is a version 6 IP address, otherwise returns false.
[`pause()`]: #net_socket_pause
[`resume()`]: #net_socket_resume
[`server.getConnections`]: #net_server_getconnections_callback
[`server.listen(port, \[host\], \[backlog\], \[callback\])`]: #net_server_listen_port_hostname_backlog_callback
[`socket.connect(options\[, connectListener\])`]: #net_socket_connect_options_connectlistener
[`socket.connect`]: #net_socket_connect_options_connectlistener
[`socket.setTimeout()`]: #net_socket_settimeout_timeout_callback