TCPServerSocket

Summary

The TCPServerSocket interface provides an API to handle a persistent server that will listen for incoming connections on a given port.

API overview

interface TCPServerSocket{
  readonly attribute unsigned short localPort;

  void close();

  attribute onconnect;
  attribute onerror;
};

Properties

TCPServerSocket.localPort Read only

A number representing the port the server socket is listening to.

Events handler

TCPServerSocket.onconnect

A handler called when an incoming client connection is accepted.

TCPServerSocket.onerror

A handler called when the listen of a server socket is aborted.

Methods

TCPServerSocket.close()

Closes the server socket.

Specification

Not part of any specification yet; however, this API is discussed at W3C as part of the System Applications Working Group under the Raw Sockets proposal.

See also

• TCPSocket
• TCPSocket.listen()