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function createConnection
createConnection(
options: NetConnectOpts,
connectionListener?: () => void,
): Socket
Deprecated

A factory function, which creates a new Socket, immediately initiates connection with socket.connect(), then returns the net.Socket that starts the connection.

When the connection is established, a 'connect' event will be emitted on the returned socket. The last parameter connectListener, if supplied, will be added as a listener for the 'connect' event once.

Possible signatures:

The connect function is an alias to this function.

Parameters

optional
connectionListener: () => void

Return Type

createConnection(
port: number,
host?: string,
connectionListener?: () => void,
): Socket
Deprecated

Parameters

port: number
optional
host: string
optional
connectionListener: () => void

Return Type

createConnection(
path: string,
connectionListener?: () => void,
): Socket
Deprecated

Parameters

path: string
optional
connectionListener: () => void

Return Type

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