diff --git a/doc/api/assert.md b/doc/api/assert.md index 8478c235e783b6..4dc58000390b15 100644 --- a/doc/api/assert.md +++ b/doc/api/assert.md @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ added: v0.1.21 * `actual` {any} * `expected` {any} * `message` {any} -* `operator` {String} +* `operator` {string} Throws an `AssertionError`. If `message` is falsy, the error message is set as the values of `actual` and `expected` separated by the provided `operator`. diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md index eda33fb7c27c19..19a82a72c803dd 100644 --- a/doc/api/buffer.md +++ b/doc/api/buffer.md @@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ changes: * `arrayBuffer` {ArrayBuffer} An [`ArrayBuffer`] or the `.buffer` property of a [`TypedArray`]. -* `byteOffset` {Integer} Index of first byte to expose. **Default:** `0` -* `length` {Integer} Number of bytes to expose. +* `byteOffset` {integer} Index of first byte to expose. **Default:** `0` +* `length` {integer} Number of bytes to expose. **Default:** `arrayBuffer.length - byteOffset` This creates a view of the [`ArrayBuffer`] without copying the underlying @@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ changes: > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`Buffer.alloc()`] instead (also see > [`Buffer.allocUnsafe()`]). -* `size` {Integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` +* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` Allocates a new `Buffer` of `size` bytes. If the `size` is larger than [`buffer.kMaxLength`] or smaller than 0, a [`RangeError`] will be thrown. @@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ changes: > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: > Use [`Buffer.from(string[, encoding])`][`Buffer.from(string)`] instead. -* `string` {String} String to encode -* `encoding` {String} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` +* `string` {string} String to encode +* `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` Creates a new `Buffer` containing the given JavaScript string `string`. If provided, the `encoding` parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`. @@ -507,10 +507,10 @@ console.log(buf2.toString()); added: v5.10.0 --> -* `size` {Integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` -* `fill` {String | Buffer | Integer} A value to pre-fill the new `Buffer` with. +* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` +* `fill` {string|Buffer|integer} A value to pre-fill the new `Buffer` with. **Default:** `0` -* `encoding` {String} If `fill` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `encoding` {string} If `fill` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` Allocates a new `Buffer` of `size` bytes. If `fill` is `undefined`, the @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ changes: description: Passing a negative `size` will now throw an error. --> -* `size` {Integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` +* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` Allocates a new `Buffer` of `size` bytes. If the `size` is larger than [`buffer.kMaxLength`] or smaller than 0, a [`RangeError`] will be thrown. @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ additional performance that [`Buffer.allocUnsafe()`] provides. added: v5.10.0 --> -* `size` {Integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` +* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `Buffer` Allocates a new `Buffer` of `size` bytes. If the `size` is larger than [`buffer.kMaxLength`] or smaller than 0, a [`RangeError`] will be thrown. @@ -674,11 +674,11 @@ changes: or `ArrayBuffer`. --> -* `string` {String | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView | ArrayBuffer} A value to +* `string` {string|Buffer|TypedArray|DataView|ArrayBuffer} A value to calculate the length of -* `encoding` {String} If `string` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `encoding` {string} If `string` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* Returns: {Integer} The number of bytes contained within `string` +* Returns: {integer} The number of bytes contained within `string` Returns the actual byte length of a string. This is not the same as [`String.prototype.length`] since that returns the number of *characters* in @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ added: v0.11.13 * `buf1` {Buffer} * `buf2` {Buffer} -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} Compares `buf1` to `buf2` typically for the purpose of sorting arrays of `Buffer` instances. This is equivalent to calling @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ added: v0.7.11 --> * `list` {Array} List of `Buffer` instances to concat -* `totalLength` {Integer} Total length of the `Buffer` instances in `list` +* `totalLength` {integer} Total length of the `Buffer` instances in `list` when concatenated * Returns: {Buffer} @@ -792,8 +792,8 @@ added: v5.10.0 * `arrayBuffer` {ArrayBuffer} An [`ArrayBuffer`] or the `.buffer` property of a [`TypedArray`]. -* `byteOffset` {Integer} Index of first byte to expose. **Default:** `0` -* `length` {Integer} Number of bytes to expose. +* `byteOffset` {integer} Index of first byte to expose. **Default:** `0` +* `length` {integer} Number of bytes to expose. **Default:** `arrayBuffer.length - byteOffset` This creates a view of the [`ArrayBuffer`] without copying the underlying @@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ A `TypeError` will be thrown if `buffer` is not a `Buffer`. added: v5.10.0 --> -* `string` {String} A string to encode. -* `encoding` {String} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` +* `string` {string} A string to encode. +* `encoding` {string} The encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` Creates a new `Buffer` containing the given JavaScript string `string`. If provided, the `encoding` parameter identifies the character encoding of `string`. @@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ added: v0.1.101 --> * `obj` {Object} -* Returns: {Boolean} +* Returns: {boolean} Returns `true` if `obj` is a `Buffer`, `false` otherwise. @@ -909,8 +909,8 @@ Returns `true` if `obj` is a `Buffer`, `false` otherwise. added: v0.9.1 --> -* `encoding` {String} A character encoding name to check -* Returns: {Boolean} +* `encoding` {string} A character encoding name to check +* Returns: {boolean} Returns `true` if `encoding` contains a supported character encoding, or `false` otherwise. @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ otherwise. added: v0.11.3 --> -* {Integer} **Default:** `8192` +* {integer} **Default:** `8192` This is the number of bytes used to determine the size of pre-allocated, internal `Buffer` instances used for pooling. This value may be modified. @@ -959,17 +959,17 @@ changes: --> * `target` {Buffer} A `Buffer` to compare to -* `targetStart` {Integer} The offset within `target` at which to begin +* `targetStart` {integer} The offset within `target` at which to begin comparison. **Default:** `0` -* `targetEnd` {Integer} The offset with `target` at which to end comparison +* `targetEnd` {integer} The offset with `target` at which to end comparison (not inclusive). Ignored when `targetStart` is `undefined`. **Default:** `target.length` -* `sourceStart` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to begin comparison. +* `sourceStart` {integer} The offset within `buf` at which to begin comparison. Ignored when `targetStart` is `undefined`. **Default:** `0` -* `sourceEnd` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to end comparison +* `sourceEnd` {integer} The offset within `buf` at which to end comparison (not inclusive). Ignored when `targetStart` is `undefined`. **Default:** [`buf.length`] -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} Compares `buf` with `target` and returns a number indicating whether `buf` comes before, after, or is the same as `target` in sort order. @@ -1035,13 +1035,13 @@ added: v0.1.90 --> * `target` {Buffer|Uint8Array} A `Buffer` or [`Uint8Array`] to copy into. -* `targetStart` {Integer} The offset within `target` at which to begin +* `targetStart` {integer} The offset within `target` at which to begin copying to. **Default:** `0` -* `sourceStart` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to begin copying from. +* `sourceStart` {integer} The offset within `buf` at which to begin copying from. Ignored when `targetStart` is `undefined`. **Default:** `0` -* `sourceEnd` {Integer} The offset within `buf` at which to stop copying (not +* `sourceEnd` {integer} The offset within `buf` at which to stop copying (not inclusive). Ignored when `sourceStart` is `undefined`. **Default:** [`buf.length`] -* Returns: {Integer} The number of bytes copied. +* Returns: {integer} The number of bytes copied. Copies data from a region of `buf` to a region in `target` even if the `target` memory region overlaps with `buf`. @@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ added: v0.11.13 --> * `otherBuffer` {Buffer} A `Buffer` to compare to -* Returns: {Boolean} +* Returns: {boolean} Returns `true` if both `buf` and `otherBuffer` have exactly the same bytes, `false` otherwise. @@ -1142,10 +1142,10 @@ changes: description: The `encoding` parameter is supported now. --> -* `value` {String | Buffer | Integer} The value to fill `buf` with -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start filling `buf`. **Default:** `0` -* `end` {Integer} Where to stop filling `buf` (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] -* `encoding` {String} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `value` {string|Buffer|integer} The value to fill `buf` with +* `offset` {integer} Where to start filling `buf`. **Default:** `0` +* `end` {integer} Where to stop filling `buf` (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] +* `encoding` {string} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` * Returns: {Buffer} A reference to `buf` @@ -1179,11 +1179,11 @@ console.log(Buffer.allocUnsafe(3).fill('\u0222')); added: v5.3.0 --> -* `value` {String | Buffer | Integer} What to search for -* `byteOffset` {Integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** `0` -* `encoding` {String} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `value` {string|Buffer|integer} What to search for +* `byteOffset` {integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** `0` +* `encoding` {string} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* Returns: {Boolean} `true` if `value` was found in `buf`, `false` otherwise +* Returns: {boolean} `true` if `value` was found in `buf`, `false` otherwise Equivalent to [`buf.indexOf() !== -1`][`buf.indexOf()`]. @@ -1225,11 +1225,11 @@ changes: is no longer required. --> -* `value` {String | Buffer | Integer} What to search for -* `byteOffset` {Integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** `0` -* `encoding` {String} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `value` {string|Buffer|integer} What to search for +* `byteOffset` {integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** `0` +* `encoding` {string} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* Returns: {Integer} The index of the first occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1` +* Returns: {integer} The index of the first occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1` if `buf` does not contain `value` If `value` is: @@ -1330,12 +1330,12 @@ for (const key of buf.keys()) { added: v6.0.0 --> -* `value` {String | Buffer | Integer} What to search for -* `byteOffset` {Integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. +* `value` {string|Buffer|integer} What to search for +* `byteOffset` {integer} Where to begin searching in `buf`. **Default:** [`buf.length`]` - 1` -* `encoding` {String} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. +* `encoding` {string} If `value` is a string, this is its encoding. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* Returns: {Integer} The index of the last occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1` +* Returns: {integer} The index of the last occurrence of `value` in `buf` or `-1` if `buf` does not contain `value` Identical to [`buf.indexOf()`], except `buf` is searched from back to front @@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ console.log(b.lastIndexOf('b', [])); added: v0.1.90 --> -* {Integer} +* {integer} Returns the amount of memory allocated for `buf` in bytes. Note that this does not necessarily reflect the amount of "usable" data within `buf`. @@ -1456,9 +1456,9 @@ console.log(buf.length); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 8` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Number} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 8` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {number} Reads a 64-bit double from `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`readDoubleBE()` returns big endian, `readDoubleLE()` returns @@ -1492,9 +1492,9 @@ console.log(buf.readDoubleLE(1, true)); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Number} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {number} Reads a 32-bit float from `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`readFloatBE()` returns big endian, `readFloatLE()` returns @@ -1527,9 +1527,9 @@ console.log(buf.readFloatLE(1, true)); added: v0.5.0 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads a signed 8-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset`. @@ -1559,9 +1559,9 @@ console.log(buf.readInt8(2)); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads a signed 16-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset` with the specified endian format (`readInt16BE()` returns big endian, @@ -1593,9 +1593,9 @@ console.log(buf.readInt16LE(1)); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads a signed 32-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset` with the specified endian format (`readInt32BE()` returns big endian, @@ -1627,10 +1627,10 @@ console.log(buf.readInt32LE(1)); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` -* `byteLength` {Integer} How many bytes to read. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` +* `byteLength` {integer} How many bytes to read. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads `byteLength` number of bytes from `buf` at the specified `offset` and interprets the result as a two's complement signed value. Supports up to 48 @@ -1659,9 +1659,9 @@ console.log(buf.readIntBE(1, 6).toString(16)); added: v0.5.0 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads an unsigned 8-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset`. @@ -1689,9 +1689,9 @@ console.log(buf.readUInt8(2)); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads an unsigned 16-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`readUInt16BE()` returns big endian, `readUInt16LE()` @@ -1727,9 +1727,9 @@ console.log(buf.readUInt16LE(2).toString(16)); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads an unsigned 32-bit integer from `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`readUInt32BE()` returns big endian, @@ -1759,10 +1759,10 @@ console.log(buf.readUInt32LE(1).toString(16)); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` -* `byteLength` {Integer} How many bytes to read. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `offset` and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} +* `offset` {integer} Where to start reading. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` +* `byteLength` {integer} How many bytes to read. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `offset` and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} Reads `byteLength` number of bytes from `buf` at the specified `offset` and interprets the result as an unsigned integer. Supports up to 48 @@ -1800,8 +1800,8 @@ changes: calculations with them. --> -* `start` {Integer} Where the new `Buffer` will start. **Default:** `0` -* `end` {Integer} Where the new `Buffer` will end (not inclusive). +* `start` {integer} Where the new `Buffer` will start. **Default:** `0` +* `end` {integer} Where the new `Buffer` will end (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] * Returns: {Buffer} @@ -1981,11 +1981,11 @@ console.log(copy); added: v0.1.90 --> -* `encoding` {String} The character encoding to decode to. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* `start` {Integer} The byte offset to start decoding at. **Default:** `0` -* `end` {Integer} The byte offset to stop decoding at (not inclusive). +* `encoding` {string} The character encoding to decode to. **Default:** `'utf8'` +* `start` {integer} The byte offset to start decoding at. **Default:** `0` +* `end` {integer} The byte offset to stop decoding at (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} Decodes `buf` to a string according to the specified character encoding in `encoding`. `start` and `end` may be passed to decode only a subset of `buf`. @@ -2062,11 +2062,11 @@ for (const value of buf) { added: v0.1.90 --> -* `string` {String} String to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing `string`. **Default:** `0` -* `length` {Integer} How many bytes to write. **Default:** `buf.length - offset` -* `encoding` {String} The character encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` -* Returns: {Integer} Number of bytes written +* `string` {string} String to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing `string`. **Default:** `0` +* `length` {integer} How many bytes to write. **Default:** `buf.length - offset` +* `encoding` {string} The character encoding of `string`. **Default:** `'utf8'` +* Returns: {integer} Number of bytes written Writes `string` to `buf` at `offset` according to the character encoding in `encoding`. The `length` parameter is the number of bytes to write. If `buf` did not contain @@ -2090,10 +2090,10 @@ console.log(`${len} bytes: ${buf.toString('utf8', 0, len)}`); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `value` {Number} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 8` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {number} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 8` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeDoubleBE()` writes big endian, `writeDoubleLE()` writes little @@ -2125,10 +2125,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `value` {Number} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {number} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeFloatBE()` writes big endian, `writeFloatLE()` writes little @@ -2159,10 +2159,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.0 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset`. `value` *should* be a valid signed 8-bit integer. Behavior is undefined when `value` is anything other than @@ -2191,10 +2191,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeInt16BE()` writes big endian, `writeInt16LE()` writes little @@ -2224,10 +2224,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeInt32BE()` writes big endian, `writeInt32LE()` writes little @@ -2257,12 +2257,12 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.11.15 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` -* `byteLength` {Integer} How many bytes to write. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value`, `offset`, and `byteLength` validation? +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` +* `byteLength` {integer} How many bytes to write. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value`, `offset`, and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `byteLength` bytes of `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset`. Supports up to 48 bits of accuracy. Behavior is undefined when `value` is @@ -2292,10 +2292,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.0 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 1` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset`. `value` *should* be a valid unsigned 8-bit integer. Behavior is undefined when `value` is anything @@ -2324,10 +2324,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 2` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeUInt16BE()` writes big endian, `writeUInt16LE()` writes little @@ -2361,10 +2361,10 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - 4` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value` and `offset` validation? **Default:** `false` +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset` with specified endian format (`writeUInt32BE()` writes big endian, `writeUInt32LE()` writes little @@ -2396,12 +2396,12 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.5 --> -* `value` {Integer} Number to be written to `buf` -* `offset` {Integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` -* `byteLength` {Integer} How many bytes to write. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` -* `noAssert` {Boolean} Skip `value`, `offset`, and `byteLength` validation? +* `value` {integer} Number to be written to `buf` +* `offset` {integer} Where to start writing. Must satisfy: `0 <= offset <= buf.length - byteLength` +* `byteLength` {integer} How many bytes to write. Must satisfy: `0 < byteLength <= 6` +* `noAssert` {boolean} Skip `value`, `offset`, and `byteLength` validation? **Default:** `false` -* Returns: {Integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written +* Returns: {integer} `offset` plus the number of bytes written Writes `byteLength` bytes of `value` to `buf` at the specified `offset`. Supports up to 48 bits of accuracy. Behavior is undefined when `value` is @@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ console.log(buf); added: v0.5.4 --> -* {Integer} **Default:** `50` +* {integer} **Default:** `50` Returns the maximum number of bytes that will be returned when `buf.inspect()` is called. This can be overridden by user modules. See @@ -2445,7 +2445,7 @@ Note that this is a property on the `buffer` module returned by added: v3.0.0 --> -* {Integer} The largest size allowed for a single `Buffer` instance +* {integer} The largest size allowed for a single `Buffer` instance On 32-bit architectures, this value is `(2^30)-1` (~1GB). On 64-bit architectures, this value is `(2^31)-1` (~2GB). @@ -2459,8 +2459,8 @@ added: v7.1.0 --> * `source` {Buffer} A `Buffer` instance -* `fromEnc` {String} The current encoding -* `toEnc` {String} To target encoding +* `fromEnc` {string} The current encoding +* `toEnc` {string} To target encoding Re-encodes the given `Buffer` instance from one character encoding to another. Returns a new `Buffer` instance. @@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ deprecated: v6.0.0 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow()`] instead. -* `size` {Integer} The desired length of the new `SlowBuffer` +* `size` {integer} The desired length of the new `SlowBuffer` Allocates a new `Buffer` of `size` bytes. If the `size` is larger than [`buffer.kMaxLength`] or smaller than 0, a [`RangeError`] will be thrown. diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.md b/doc/api/child_process.md index 1cb2410a84dcee..80f078c5ca912b 100644 --- a/doc/api/child_process.md +++ b/doc/api/child_process.md @@ -125,25 +125,25 @@ exec('"my script.cmd" a b', (err, stdout, stderr) => { added: v0.1.90 --> -* `command` {String} The command to run, with space-separated arguments +* `command` {string} The command to run, with space-separated arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `encoding` {String} (Default: `'utf8'`) - * `shell` {String} Shell to execute the command with + * `encoding` {string} (Default: `'utf8'`) + * `shell` {string} Shell to execute the command with (Default: `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, `'cmd.exe'` on Windows, The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX or `/d /s /c` on Windows. On Windows, command line parsing should be compatible with `cmd.exe`.) - * `timeout` {Number} (Default: `0`) - * [`maxBuffer`][] {Number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on + * `timeout` {number} (Default: `0`) + * [`maxBuffer`][] {number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on stdout or stderr - if exceeded child process is killed (Default: `200*1024`) - * `killSignal` {String|Integer} (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `killSignal` {string|integer} (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) * `callback` {Function} called with the output when process terminates * `error` {Error} - * `stdout` {String|Buffer} - * `stderr` {String|Buffer} + * `stdout` {string|Buffer} + * `stderr` {string|Buffer} * Returns: {ChildProcess} Spawns a shell then executes the `command` within that shell, buffering any @@ -205,22 +205,22 @@ replace the existing process and uses a shell to execute the command.* added: v0.1.91 --> -* `file` {String} The name or path of the executable file to run +* `file` {string} The name or path of the executable file to run * `args` {Array} List of string arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `encoding` {String} (Default: `'utf8'`) - * `timeout` {Number} (Default: `0`) - * [`maxBuffer`][] {Number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on + * `encoding` {string} (Default: `'utf8'`) + * `timeout` {number} (Default: `0`) + * [`maxBuffer`][] {number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on stdout or stderr - if exceeded child process is killed (Default: `200*1024`) - * `killSignal` {String|Integer} (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `killSignal` {string|integer} (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) * `callback` {Function} called with the output when process terminates * `error` {Error} - * `stdout` {String|Buffer} - * `stderr` {String|Buffer} + * `stdout` {string|Buffer} + * `stderr` {string|Buffer} * Returns: {ChildProcess} The `child_process.execFile()` function is similar to [`child_process.exec()`][] @@ -257,15 +257,15 @@ changes: description: The `stdio` option is supported now. --> -* `modulePath` {String} The module to run in the child +* `modulePath` {string} The module to run in the child * `args` {Array} List of string arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `execPath` {String} Executable used to create the child process + * `execPath` {string} Executable used to create the child process * `execArgv` {Array} List of string arguments passed to the executable (Default: `process.execArgv`) - * `silent` {Boolean} If `true`, stdin, stdout, and stderr of the child will be + * `silent` {boolean} If `true`, stdin, stdout, and stderr of the child will be piped to the parent, otherwise they will be inherited from the parent, see the `'pipe'` and `'inherit'` options for [`child_process.spawn()`][]'s [`stdio`][] for more details (Default: `false`) @@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ changes: [`stdio`][] option. When this option is provided, it overrides `silent`. The array must contain exactly one item with value `'ipc'` or an error will be thrown. For instance `[0, 1, 2, 'ipc']`. - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) * Returns: {ChildProcess} The `child_process.fork()` method is a special case of @@ -315,21 +315,21 @@ changes: description: The `shell` option is supported now. --> -* `command` {String} The command to run +* `command` {string} The command to run * `args` {Array} List of string arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `argv0` {String} Explicitly set the value of `argv[0]` sent to the child + * `argv0` {string} Explicitly set the value of `argv[0]` sent to the child process. This will be set to `command` if not specified. - * `stdio` {Array|String} Child's stdio configuration. (See + * `stdio` {Array|string} Child's stdio configuration. (See [`options.stdio`][`stdio`]) - * `detached` {Boolean} Prepare child to run independently of its parent + * `detached` {boolean} Prepare child to run independently of its parent process. Specific behavior depends on the platform, see [`options.detached`][]) - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) - * `shell` {Boolean|String} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, and `'cmd.exe'` on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX, or `/d /s /c` on Windows. Defaults to `false` (no shell). @@ -595,27 +595,27 @@ changes: description: The `encoding` option can now explicitly be set to `buffer`. --> -* `file` {String} The name or path of the executable file to run +* `file` {string} The name or path of the executable file to run * `args` {Array} List of string arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process - * `input` {String|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process + * `input` {string|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the spawned process - supplying this value will override `stdio[0]` - * `stdio` {String | Array} Child's stdio configuration. (Default: `'pipe'`) + * `stdio` {string|Array} Child's stdio configuration. (Default: `'pipe'`) - `stderr` by default will be output to the parent process' stderr unless `stdio` is specified * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) - * `timeout` {Number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `timeout` {number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process is allowed to run. (Default: `undefined`) - * `killSignal` {String|Integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned + * `killSignal` {string|integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed. (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) - * [`maxBuffer`][] {Number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on + * [`maxBuffer`][] {number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on stdout or stderr - if exceeded child process is killed - * `encoding` {String} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. (Default: `'buffer'`) -* Returns: {Buffer|String} The stdout from the command + * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. (Default: `'buffer'`) +* Returns: {Buffer|string} The stdout from the command The `child_process.execFileSync()` method is generally identical to [`child_process.execFile()`][] with the exception that the method will not return @@ -634,31 +634,31 @@ throw. The [`Error`][] object will contain the entire result from added: v0.11.12 --> -* `command` {String} The command to run +* `command` {string} The command to run * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process - * `input` {String|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process + * `input` {string|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the spawned process - supplying this value will override `stdio[0]` - * `stdio` {String | Array} Child's stdio configuration. (Default: `'pipe'`) + * `stdio` {string|Array} Child's stdio configuration. (Default: `'pipe'`) - `stderr` by default will be output to the parent process' stderr unless `stdio` is specified * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `shell` {String} Shell to execute the command with + * `shell` {string} Shell to execute the command with (Default: `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, `'cmd.exe'` on Windows, The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX or `/d /s /c` on Windows. On Windows, command line parsing should be compatible with `cmd.exe`.) - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) - * `timeout` {Number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `timeout` {number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process is allowed to run. (Default: `undefined`) - * `killSignal` {String|Integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned + * `killSignal` {string|integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed. (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) - * [`maxBuffer`][] {Number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on + * [`maxBuffer`][] {number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on stdout or stderr - if exceeded child process is killed - * `encoding` {String} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. + * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. (Default: `'buffer'`) -* Returns: {Buffer|String} The stdout from the command +* Returns: {Buffer|string} The stdout from the command The `child_process.execSync()` method is generally identical to [`child_process.exec()`][] with the exception that the method will not return until @@ -688,36 +688,36 @@ changes: description: The `shell` option is supported now. --> -* `command` {String} The command to run +* `command` {string} The command to run * `args` {Array} List of string arguments * `options` {Object} - * `cwd` {String} Current working directory of the child process - * `input` {String|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the + * `cwd` {string} Current working directory of the child process + * `input` {string|Buffer} The value which will be passed as stdin to the spawned process - supplying this value will override `stdio[0]` - * `stdio` {String | Array} Child's stdio configuration. + * `stdio` {string|Array} Child's stdio configuration. * `env` {Object} Environment key-value pairs - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) - * `timeout` {Number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `timeout` {number} In milliseconds the maximum amount of time the process is allowed to run. (Default: `undefined`) - * `killSignal` {String|Integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned + * `killSignal` {string|integer} The signal value to be used when the spawned process will be killed. (Default: `'SIGTERM'`) - * [`maxBuffer`][] {Number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on + * [`maxBuffer`][] {number} largest amount of data (in bytes) allowed on stdout or stderr - if exceeded child process is killed - * `encoding` {String} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. + * `encoding` {string} The encoding used for all stdio inputs and outputs. (Default: `'buffer'`) - * `shell` {Boolean|String} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses + * `shell` {boolean|string} If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses `'/bin/sh'` on UNIX, and `'cmd.exe'` on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX, or `/d /s /c` on Windows. Defaults to `false` (no shell). * Returns: {Object} - * `pid` {Number} Pid of the child process + * `pid` {number} Pid of the child process * `output` {Array} Array of results from stdio output - * `stdout` {Buffer|String} The contents of `output[1]` - * `stderr` {Buffer|String} The contents of `output[2]` - * `status` {Number} The exit code of the child process - * `signal` {String} The signal used to kill the child process + * `stdout` {Buffer|string} The contents of `output[1]` + * `stderr` {Buffer|string} The contents of `output[2]` + * `status` {number} The exit code of the child process + * `signal` {string} The signal used to kill the child process * `error` {Error} The error object if the child process failed or timed out The `child_process.spawnSync()` method is generally identical to @@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ instances of `ChildProcess`. added: v0.7.7 --> -* `code` {Number} the exit code if the child exited on its own. -* `signal` {String} the signal by which the child process was terminated. +* `code` {number} the exit code if the child exited on its own. +* `signal` {string} the signal by which the child process was terminated. The `'close'` event is emitted when the stdio streams of a child process have been closed. This is distinct from the [`'exit'`][] event, since multiple @@ -788,8 +788,8 @@ See also [`child.kill()`][] and [`child.send()`][]. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `code` {Number} the exit code if the child exited on its own. -* `signal` {String} the signal by which the child process was terminated. +* `code` {number} the exit code if the child exited on its own. +* `signal` {string} the signal by which the child process was terminated. The `'exit'` event is emitted after the child process ends. If the process exited, `code` is the final exit code of the process, otherwise `null`. If the @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ IPC channel currently exists, this property is `undefined`. added: v0.7.2 --> -* {Boolean} Set to `false` after `child.disconnect()` is called +* {boolean} Set to `false` after `child.disconnect()` is called The `child.connected` property indicates whether it is still possible to send and receive messages from a child process. When `child.connected` is `false`, it @@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ within the child process to close the IPC channel as well. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `signal` {String} +* `signal` {string} The `child.kill()` methods sends a signal to the child process. If no argument is given, the process will be sent the `'SIGTERM'` signal. See signal(7) for @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ setTimeout(() => { added: v0.1.90 --> -* {Number} Integer +* {number} Integer Returns the process identifier (PID) of the child process. @@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ changes: * `sendHandle` {Handle} * `options` {Object} * `callback` {Function} -* Returns: {Boolean} +* Returns: {boolean} When an IPC channel has been established between the parent and child ( i.e. when using [`child_process.fork()`][]), the `child.send()` method can be diff --git a/doc/api/cluster.md b/doc/api/cluster.md index d0ec3f4ed5d277..0774938766c7a9 100644 --- a/doc/api/cluster.md +++ b/doc/api/cluster.md @@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ In a worker you can also use `process.on('error')`. added: v0.11.2 --> -* `code` {Number} the exit code, if it exited normally. -* `signal` {String} the name of the signal (e.g. `'SIGHUP'`) that caused +* `code` {number} the exit code, if it exited normally. +* `signal` {string} the name of the signal (e.g. `'SIGHUP'`) that caused the process to be killed. Similar to the `cluster.on('exit')` event, but specific to this worker. @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) { added: v6.0.0 --> -* {Boolean} +* {boolean} Set by calling `.kill()` or `.disconnect()`. Until then, it is `undefined`. @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ worker.kill(); added: v0.8.0 --> -* {Number} +* {number} Each new worker is given its own unique id, this id is stored in the `id`. @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ because of exiting or being signaled). Otherwise, it returns `false`. added: v0.9.12 --> -* `signal` {String} Name of the kill signal to send to the worker +* `signal` {string} Name of the kill signal to send to the worker process. This function will kill the worker. In the master, it does this by disconnecting @@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ added: v0.7.9 --> * `worker` {cluster.Worker} -* `code` {Number} the exit code, if it exited normally. -* `signal` {String} the name of the signal (e.g. `'SIGHUP'`) that caused +* `code` {number} the exit code, if it exited normally. +* `signal` {string} the name of the signal (e.g. `'SIGHUP'`) that caused the process to be killed. When any of the workers die the cluster module will emit the `'exit'` event. @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ This can only be called from the master process. added: v0.8.1 --> -* {Boolean} +* {boolean} True if the process is a master. This is determined by the `process.env.NODE_UNIQUE_ID`. If `process.env.NODE_UNIQUE_ID` is @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ undefined, then `isMaster` is `true`. added: v0.6.0 --> -* {Boolean} +* {boolean} True if the process is not a master (it is the negation of `cluster.isMaster`). @@ -736,16 +736,16 @@ changes: * {Object} * `execArgv` {Array} list of string arguments passed to the Node.js executable. (Default=`process.execArgv`) - * `exec` {String} file path to worker file. (Default=`process.argv[1]`) + * `exec` {string} file path to worker file. (Default=`process.argv[1]`) * `args` {Array} string arguments passed to worker. (Default=`process.argv.slice(2)`) - * `silent` {Boolean} whether or not to send output to parent's stdio. + * `silent` {boolean} whether or not to send output to parent's stdio. (Default=`false`) * `stdio` {Array} Configures the stdio of forked processes. Because the cluster module relies on IPC to function, this configuration must contain an `'ipc'` entry. When this option is provided, it overrides `silent`. - * `uid` {Number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) - * `gid` {Number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) + * `uid` {number} Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) + * `gid` {number} Sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) After calling `.setupMaster()` (or `.fork()`) this settings object will contain the settings, including the default values. @@ -762,10 +762,10 @@ changes: --> * `settings` {Object} - * `exec` {String} file path to worker file. (Default=`process.argv[1]`) + * `exec` {string} file path to worker file. (Default=`process.argv[1]`) * `args` {Array} string arguments passed to worker. (Default=`process.argv.slice(2)`) - * `silent` {Boolean} whether or not to send output to parent's stdio. + * `silent` {boolean} whether or not to send output to parent's stdio. (Default=`false`) * `stdio` {Array} Configures the stdio of forked processes. When this option is provided, it overrides `silent`. diff --git a/doc/api/console.md b/doc/api/console.md index cd538d73328615..1398e3e5bc739e 100644 --- a/doc/api/console.md +++ b/doc/api/console.md @@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ added: v0.1.101 --> * `obj` {any} * `options` {Object} - * `showHidden` {Boolean} - * `depth` {Number} - * `colors` {Boolean} + * `showHidden` {boolean} + * `depth` {number} + * `colors` {boolean} Uses [`util.inspect()`][] on `obj` and prints the resulting string to `stdout`. This function bypasses any custom `inspect()` function defined on `obj`. An @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ values are concatenated. See [`util.format()`][] for more information. -* `label` {String} +* `label` {string} Starts a timer that can be used to compute the duration of an operation. Timers are identified by a unique `label`. Use the same `label` when you call @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ changes: description: This method no longer supports multiple calls that don’t map to individual `console.time()` calls; see below for details. --> -* `label` {String} +* `label` {string} Stops a timer that was previously started by calling [`console.time()`][] and prints the result to `stdout`: diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md index d14c787a2b3c60..957dff9975fa52 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.md +++ b/doc/api/crypto.md @@ -929,8 +929,8 @@ The `private_key` argument can be an object or a string. If `private_key` is a string, it is treated as a raw key with no passphrase. If `private_key` is an object, it is interpreted as a hash containing two properties: -* `key` : {String} - PEM encoded private key -* `passphrase` : {String} - passphrase for the private key +* `key`: {string} - PEM encoded private key +* `passphrase`: {string} - passphrase for the private key The `output_format` can specify one of `'latin1'`, `'hex'` or `'base64'`. If `output_format` is provided a string is returned; otherwise a [`Buffer`][] is @@ -1469,8 +1469,8 @@ treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING`. If `private_key` is an object, it is interpreted as a hash object with the keys: -* `key` : {String} - PEM encoded private key -* `passphrase` : {String} - Optional passphrase for the private key +* `key`: {string} - PEM encoded private key +* `passphrase`: {string} - Optional passphrase for the private key * `padding` : An optional padding value, one of the following: * `crypto.constants.RSA_NO_PADDING` * `crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING` @@ -1490,8 +1490,8 @@ treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_PADDING`. If `private_key` is an object, it is interpreted as a hash object with the keys: -* `key` : {String} - PEM encoded private key -* `passphrase` : {String} - Optional passphrase for the private key +* `key`: {string} - PEM encoded private key +* `passphrase`: {string} - Optional passphrase for the private key * `padding` : An optional padding value, one of the following: * `crypto.constants.RSA_NO_PADDING` * `crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING` @@ -1510,8 +1510,8 @@ treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_PADDING`. If `public_key` is an object, it is interpreted as a hash object with the keys: -* `key` : {String} - PEM encoded public key -* `passphrase` : {String} - Optional passphrase for the private key +* `key`: {string} - PEM encoded public key +* `passphrase`: {string} - Optional passphrase for the private key * `padding` : An optional padding value, one of the following: * `crypto.constants.RSA_NO_PADDING` * `crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING` @@ -1534,8 +1534,8 @@ treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING`. If `public_key` is an object, it is interpreted as a hash object with the keys: -* `key` : {String} - PEM encoded public key -* `passphrase` : {String} - Optional passphrase for the private key +* `key`: {string} - PEM encoded public key +* `passphrase`: {string} - Optional passphrase for the private key * `padding` : An optional padding value, one of the following: * `crypto.constants.RSA_NO_PADDING` * `crypto.constants.RSA_PKCS1_PADDING` diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.md b/doc/api/dgram.md index b763620f2c58e2..73749688fef713 100644 --- a/doc/api/dgram.md +++ b/doc/api/dgram.md @@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ The `'message'` event is emitted when a new datagram is available on a socket. The event handler function is passed two arguments: `msg` and `rinfo`. * `msg` {Buffer} - The message * `rinfo` {Object} - Remote address information - * `address` {String} The sender address - * `family` {String} The address family (`'IPv4'` or `'IPv6'`) - * `port` {Number} The sender port - * `size` {Number} The message size + * `address` {string} The sender address + * `family` {string} The address family (`'IPv4'` or `'IPv6'`) + * `port` {number} The sender port + * `size` {number} The message size ### socket.addMembership(multicastAddress[, multicastInterface]) -* `multicastAddress` {String} -* `multicastInterface` {String}, Optional +* `multicastAddress` {string} +* `multicastInterface` {string}, Optional Tells the kernel to join a multicast group at the given `multicastAddress` and `multicastInterface` using the `IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP` socket option. If the @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ properties. added: v0.1.99 --> -* `port` {Number} - Integer, Optional -* `address` {String}, Optional +* `port` {number} - Integer, Optional +* `address` {string}, Optional * `callback` {Function} with no parameters, Optional. Called when binding is complete. @@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ added: v0.11.14 --> * `options` {Object} - Required. Supports the following properties: - * `port` {Number} - Optional. - * `address` {String} - Optional. - * `exclusive` {Boolean} - Optional. + * `port` {number} - Optional. + * `address` {string} - Optional. + * `exclusive` {boolean} - Optional. * `callback` {Function} - Optional. For UDP sockets, causes the `dgram.Socket` to listen for datagram @@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ provided, it is added as a listener for the [`'close'`][] event. added: v0.6.9 --> -* `multicastAddress` {String} -* `multicastInterface` {String}, Optional +* `multicastAddress` {string} +* `multicastInterface` {string}, Optional Instructs the kernel to leave a multicast group at `multicastAddress` using the `IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP` socket option. This method is automatically called by the @@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ changes: and `length` parameters are optional now. --> -* `msg` {Buffer|String|Array} Message to be sent -* `offset` {Number} Integer. Optional. Offset in the buffer where the message starts. -* `length` {Number} Integer. Optional. Number of bytes in the message. -* `port` {Number} Integer. Destination port. -* `address` {String} Destination hostname or IP address. +* `msg` {Buffer|string|array} Message to be sent +* `offset` {number} Integer. Optional. Offset in the buffer where the message starts. +* `length` {number} Integer. Optional. Number of bytes in the message. +* `port` {number} Integer. Destination port. +* `address` {string} Destination hostname or IP address. * `callback` {Function} Called when the message has been sent. Optional. Broadcasts a datagram on the socket. The destination `port` and `address` must @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ source that the data did not reach its intended recipient. added: v0.6.9 --> -* `flag` {Boolean} +* `flag` {boolean} Sets or clears the `SO_BROADCAST` socket option. When set to `true`, UDP packets may be sent to a local interface's broadcast address. @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ packets may be sent to a local interface's broadcast address. added: v0.3.8 --> -* `flag` {Boolean} +* `flag` {boolean} Sets or clears the `IP_MULTICAST_LOOP` socket option. When set to `true`, multicast packets will also be received on the local interface. @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ multicast packets will also be received on the local interface. added: v0.3.8 --> -* `ttl` {Number} Integer +* `ttl` {number} Integer Sets the `IP_MULTICAST_TTL` socket option. While TTL generally stands for "Time to Live", in this context it specifies the number of IP hops that a @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ between 0 and 255. The default on most systems is `1` but can vary. added: v0.1.101 --> -* `ttl` {Number} Integer +* `ttl` {number} Integer Sets the `IP_TTL` socket option. While TTL generally stands for "Time to Live", in this context it specifies the number of IP hops that a packet is allowed to @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ and `udp6` sockets). The bound address and port can be retrieved using added: v0.1.99 --> -* `type` {String} - Either 'udp4' or 'udp6' +* `type` {string} - Either 'udp4' or 'udp6' * `callback` {Function} - Attached as a listener to `'message'` events. Optional * Returns: {dgram.Socket} diff --git a/doc/api/dns.md b/doc/api/dns.md index 0c8bf8daa43a28..7f075be3114279 100644 --- a/doc/api/dns.md +++ b/doc/api/dns.md @@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ an integer, then it must be `4` or `6`. Alternatively, `options` can be an object containing these properties: -* `family` {Number} - The record family. If present, must be the integer +* `family` {number} - The record family. If present, must be the integer `4` or `6`. If not provided, both IP v4 and v6 addresses are accepted. -* `hints`: {Number} - If present, it should be one or more of the supported +* `hints`: {number} - If present, it should be one or more of the supported `getaddrinfo` flags. If `hints` is not provided, then no flags are passed to `getaddrinfo`. Multiple flags can be passed through `hints` by bitwise `OR`ing their values. See [supported `getaddrinfo` flags][] for more information on supported flags. -* `all`: {Boolean} - When `true`, the callback returns all resolved addresses +* `all`: {boolean} - When `true`, the callback returns all resolved addresses in an array, otherwise returns a single address. Defaults to `false`. All properties are optional. @@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ Uses the DNS protocol to resolve a IPv4 addresses (`A` records) for the will contain an array of IPv4 addresses (e.g. `['74.125.79.104', '74.125.79.105', '74.125.79.106']`). -* `hostname` {String} Hostname to resolve. +* `hostname` {string} Hostname to resolve. * `options` {Object} - * `ttl` {Boolean} Retrieve the Time-To-Live value (TTL) of each record. + * `ttl` {boolean} Retrieve the Time-To-Live value (TTL) of each record. The callback receives an array of `{ address: '1.2.3.4', ttl: 60 }` objects rather than an array of strings. The TTL is expressed in seconds. * `callback` {Function} An `(err, result)` callback function. @@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ Uses the DNS protocol to resolve a IPv6 addresses (`AAAA` records) for the `hostname`. The `addresses` argument passed to the `callback` function will contain an array of IPv6 addresses. -* `hostname` {String} Hostname to resolve. +* `hostname` {string} Hostname to resolve. * `options` {Object} - * `ttl` {Boolean} Retrieve the Time-To-Live value (TTL) of each record. + * `ttl` {boolean} Retrieve the Time-To-Live value (TTL) of each record. The callback receives an array of `{ address: '0:1:2:3:4:5:6:7', ttl: 60 }` objects rather than an array of strings. The TTL is expressed in seconds. * `callback` {Function} An `(err, result)` callback function. diff --git a/doc/api/errors.md b/doc/api/errors.md index e0e0f06ac5900f..96409a53677689 100644 --- a/doc/api/errors.md +++ b/doc/api/errors.md @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ will either be instances of, or inherit from, the `Error` class. ### new Error(message) -* `message` {String} +* `message` {string} Creates a new `Error` object and sets the `error.message` property to the provided text message. If an object is passed as `message`, the text message @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ new MyError().stack; ### Error.stackTraceLimit -* {Number} +* {number} The `Error.stackTraceLimit` property specifies the number of stack frames collected by a stack trace (whether generated by `new Error().stack` or @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ not capture any frames. ### error.message -* {String} +* {string} The `error.message` property is the string description of the error as set by calling `new Error(message)`. The `message` passed to the constructor will also appear in the first line of @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ console.error(err.message); ### error.stack -* {String} +* {string} The `error.stack` property is a string describing the point in the code at which the `Error` was instantiated. @@ -449,14 +449,14 @@ added properties. #### error.code -* {String} +* {string} The `error.code` property is a string representing the error code, which is always `E` followed by a sequence of capital letters. #### error.errno -* {String | Number} +* {string|number} The `error.errno` property is a number or a string. The number is a **negative** value which corresponds to the error code defined in @@ -466,27 +466,27 @@ In case of a string, it is the same as `error.code`. #### error.syscall -* {String} +* {string} The `error.syscall` property is a string describing the [syscall][] that failed. #### error.path -* {String} +* {string} When present (e.g. in `fs` or `child_process`), the `error.path` property is a string containing a relevant invalid pathname. #### error.address -* {String} +* {string} When present (e.g. in `net` or `dgram`), the `error.address` property is a string describing the address to which the connection failed. #### error.port -* {Number} +* {number} When present (e.g. in `net` or `dgram`), the `error.port` property is a number representing the connection's port that is not available. diff --git a/doc/api/events.md b/doc/api/events.md index 7a376415a842b9..5f12cfe3191837 100644 --- a/doc/api/events.md +++ b/doc/api/events.md @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ added and `'removeListener'` when existing listeners are removed. added: v0.1.26 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event being listened for +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event being listened for * `listener` {Function} The event handler function The `EventEmitter` instance will emit its own `'newListener'` event *before* @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ changes: now yields the original listener function. --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The event name +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The event name * `listener` {Function} The event handler function The `'removeListener'` event is emitted *after* the `listener` is removed. @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ set by [`emitter.setMaxListeners(n)`][] or defaults to added: v3.2.0 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event being listened for +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event being listened for Returns the number of listeners listening to the event named `eventName`. @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection'))); added: v0.1.101 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event. +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event. * `listener` {Function} The callback function Adds the `listener` function to the end of the listeners array for the @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ myEE.emit('foo'); added: v0.3.0 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event. +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event. * `listener` {Function} The callback function Adds a **one time** `listener` function for the event named `eventName`. The @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ myEE.emit('foo'); added: v6.0.0 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event. +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event. * `listener` {Function} The callback function Adds the `listener` function to the *beginning* of the listeners array for the @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Returns a reference to the `EventEmitter`, so that calls can be chained. added: v6.0.0 --> -* `eventName` {String|Symbol} The name of the event. +* `eventName` {string|symbol} The name of the event. * `listener` {Function} The callback function Adds a **one time** `listener` function for the event named `eventName` to the diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md index 6f1fceae84f426..c6046d27313791 100644 --- a/doc/api/fs.md +++ b/doc/api/fs.md @@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ The object itself emits these events: added: v0.5.8 --> -* `eventType` {String} The type of fs change -* `filename` {String | Buffer} The filename that changed (if relevant/available) +* `eventType` {string} The type of fs change +* `filename` {string|Buffer} The filename that changed (if relevant/available) Emitted when something changes in a watched directory or file. See more details in [`fs.watch()`][]. @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ using the `fs.close()` method. added: v0.1.93 --> -* `fd` {Integer} Integer file descriptor used by the ReadStream. +* `fd` {integer} Integer file descriptor used by the ReadStream. Emitted when the ReadStream's file is opened. @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ using the `fs.close()` method. added: v0.1.93 --> -* `fd` {Integer} Integer file descriptor used by the WriteStream. +* `fd` {integer} Integer file descriptor used by the WriteStream. Emitted when the WriteStream's file is opened. @@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ argument to `fs.createWriteStream()`. If `path` is passed as a string, then added: v0.11.15 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Tests a user's permissions for the file or directory specified by `path`. @@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ process. added: v0.11.15 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous version of [`fs.access()`][]. This throws if any accessibility checks fail, and does nothing otherwise. @@ -461,12 +461,12 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Number} filename or file descriptor -* `data` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `'utf8'` - * `mode` {Integer} default = `0o666` - * `flag` {String} default = `'a'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|number} filename or file descriptor +* `data` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `'utf8'` + * `mode` {integer} default = `0o666` + * `flag` {string} default = `'a'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronously append data to a file, creating the file if it does not yet exist. @@ -504,12 +504,12 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Number} filename or file descriptor -* `data` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `'utf8'` - * `mode` {Integer} default = `0o666` - * `flag` {String} default = `'a'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|number} filename or file descriptor +* `data` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `'utf8'` + * `mode` {integer} default = `0o666` + * `flag` {string} default = `'a'` The synchronous version of [`fs.appendFile()`][]. Returns `undefined`. @@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous chmod(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -535,8 +535,8 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.6.7 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous chmod(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous chown(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.97 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} Synchronous chown(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous close(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} Synchronous close(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -612,15 +612,15 @@ changes: description: The passed `options` object can be a string now. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `flags` {String} - * `encoding` {String} - * `fd` {Integer} - * `mode` {Integer} - * `autoClose` {Boolean} - * `start` {Integer} - * `end` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `flags` {string} + * `encoding` {string} + * `fd` {integer} + * `mode` {integer} + * `autoClose` {boolean} + * `start` {integer} + * `end` {integer} Returns a new [`ReadStream`][] object. (See [Readable Stream][]). @@ -683,14 +683,14 @@ changes: description: The passed `options` object can be a string now. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `flags` {String} - * `defaultEncoding` {String} - * `fd` {Integer} - * `mode` {Integer} - * `autoClose` {Boolean} - * `start` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `flags` {string} + * `defaultEncoding` {string} + * `fd` {integer} + * `mode` {integer} + * `autoClose` {boolean} + * `start` {integer} Returns a new [`WriteStream`][] object. (See [Writable Stream][]). @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ deprecated: v1.0.0 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`fs.stat()`][] or [`fs.access()`][] instead. -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Test whether or not the given path exists by checking with the file system. @@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ process. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} Synchronous version of [`fs.exists()`][]. Returns `true` if the file exists, `false` otherwise. @@ -854,8 +854,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous fchmod(2). No arguments other than a possible exception @@ -866,8 +866,8 @@ are given to the completion callback. added: v0.4.7 --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous fchmod(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -881,9 +881,9 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous fchown(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -894,9 +894,9 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.4.7 --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} Synchronous fchown(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous fdatasync(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ given to the completion callback. added: v0.1.96 --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} Synchronous fdatasync(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous fstat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ except that the file to be stat-ed is specified by the file descriptor `fd`. added: v0.1.95 --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} Synchronous fstat(2). Returns an instance of [`fs.Stats`][]. @@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous fsync(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.96 --> -* `fd` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} Synchronous fsync(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -986,8 +986,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `len` {Integer} default = `0` +* `fd` {integer} +* `len` {integer} default = `0` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous ftruncate(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are @@ -1039,8 +1039,8 @@ The last three bytes are null bytes ('\0'), to compensate the over-truncation. added: v0.8.6 --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `len` {Integer} default = `0` +* `fd` {integer} +* `len` {integer} default = `0` Synchronous ftruncate(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ changes: time specifiers. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `atime` {Integer} -* `mtime` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `atime` {integer} +* `mtime` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Change the file timestamps of a file referenced by the supplied file @@ -1076,9 +1076,9 @@ changes: time specifiers. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `atime` {Integer} -* `mtime` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `atime` {integer} +* `mtime` {integer} Synchronous version of [`fs.futimes()`][]. Returns `undefined`. @@ -1092,8 +1092,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous lchmod(2). No arguments other than a possible exception @@ -1106,8 +1106,8 @@ Only available on Mac OS X. deprecated: v0.4.7 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous lchmod(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1121,9 +1121,9 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous lchown(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1134,9 +1134,9 @@ to the completion callback. deprecated: v0.4.7 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `uid` {Integer} -* `gid` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `uid` {integer} +* `gid` {integer} Synchronous lchown(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1150,8 +1150,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `existingPath` {String | Buffer} -* `newPath` {String | Buffer} +* `existingPath` {string|Buffer} +* `newPath` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous link(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given to @@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ the completion callback. added: v0.1.31 --> -* `existingPath` {String | Buffer} -* `newPath` {String | Buffer} +* `existingPath` {string|Buffer} +* `newPath` {string|Buffer} Synchronous link(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous lstat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where @@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ not the file that it refers to. added: v0.1.30 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} Synchronous lstat(2). Returns an instance of [`fs.Stats`][]. @@ -1204,8 +1204,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous mkdir(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1216,8 +1216,8 @@ to the completion callback. `mode` defaults to `0o777`. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous mkdir(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1234,9 +1234,9 @@ changes: description: The `callback` parameter is optional now. --> -* `prefix` {String} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `prefix` {string} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` * `callback` {Function} Creates a unique temporary directory. @@ -1296,9 +1296,9 @@ fs.mkdtemp(tmpDir + path.sep, (err, folder) => { added: v5.10.0 --> -* `prefix` {String} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `prefix` {string} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` The synchronous version of [`fs.mkdtemp()`][]. Returns the created folder path. @@ -1311,9 +1311,9 @@ object with an `encoding` property specifying the character encoding to use. added: v0.0.2 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `flags` {String | Number} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `flags` {string|number} +* `mode` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous file open. See open(2). `flags` can be: @@ -1395,9 +1395,9 @@ fs.open('', 'a+', (err, fd) => { added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `flags` {String | Number} -* `mode` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `flags` {string|number} +* `mode` {integer} Synchronous version of [`fs.open()`][]. Returns an integer representing the file descriptor. @@ -1414,11 +1414,11 @@ changes: description: The `length` parameter can now be `0`. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `buffer` {String | Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `offset` {Integer} -* `length` {Integer} -* `position` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `buffer` {string|Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `offset` {integer} +* `length` {integer} +* `position` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Read data from the file specified by `fd`. @@ -1444,9 +1444,9 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous readdir(3). Reads the contents of a directory. @@ -1463,9 +1463,9 @@ the filenames returned will be passed as `Buffer` objects. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` Synchronous readdir(3). Returns an array of filenames excluding `'.'` and `'..'`. @@ -1492,10 +1492,10 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Integer} filename or file descriptor -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `null` - * `flag` {String} default = `'r'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|integer} filename or file descriptor +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `null` + * `flag` {string} default = `'r'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronously reads the entire contents of a file. Example: @@ -1532,10 +1532,10 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Integer} filename or file descriptor -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `null` - * `flag` {String} default = `'r'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|integer} filename or file descriptor +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `null` + * `flag` {string} default = `'r'` Synchronous version of [`fs.readFile`][]. Returns the contents of the `file`. @@ -1552,9 +1552,9 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous readlink(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, @@ -1570,9 +1570,9 @@ the link path returned will be passed as a `Buffer` object. added: v0.1.31 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` Synchronous readlink(2). Returns the symbolic link's string value. @@ -1590,11 +1590,11 @@ changes: description: The `length` parameter can now be `0`. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `buffer` {String | Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `offset` {Integer} -* `length` {Integer} -* `position` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `buffer` {string|Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `offset` {integer} +* `length` {integer} +* `position` {integer} Synchronous version of [`fs.read()`][]. Returns the number of `bytesRead`. @@ -1615,9 +1615,9 @@ changes: description: The `cache` parameter was removed. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous realpath(3). The `callback` gets two arguments `(err, @@ -1643,9 +1643,9 @@ changes: description: The `cache` parameter was removed. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer}; -* `options` {String | Object} - * `encoding` {String} default = `'utf8'` +* `path` {string|Buffer}; +* `options` {string|Object} + * `encoding` {string} default = `'utf8'` Synchronous realpath(3). Returns the resolved path. @@ -1666,8 +1666,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `oldPath` {String | Buffer} -* `newPath` {String | Buffer} +* `oldPath` {string|Buffer} +* `newPath` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous rename(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1678,8 +1678,8 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `oldPath` {String | Buffer} -* `newPath` {String | Buffer} +* `oldPath` {string|Buffer} +* `newPath` {string|Buffer} Synchronous rename(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous rmdir(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} Synchronous rmdir(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous stat(2). The callback gets two arguments `(err, stats)` where @@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ is recommended. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} Synchronous stat(2). Returns an instance of [`fs.Stats`][]. @@ -1748,9 +1748,9 @@ Synchronous stat(2). Returns an instance of [`fs.Stats`][]. added: v0.1.31 --> -* `target` {String | Buffer} -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `type` {String} +* `target` {string|Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `type` {string} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous symlink(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1773,9 +1773,9 @@ It creates a symbolic link named "new-port" that points to "foo". added: v0.1.31 --> -* `target` {String | Buffer} -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `type` {String} +* `target` {string|Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `type` {string} Synchronous symlink(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1789,8 +1789,8 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `len` {Integer} default = `0` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `len` {integer} default = `0` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous truncate(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are @@ -1802,8 +1802,8 @@ first argument. In this case, `fs.ftruncate()` is called. added: v0.8.6 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `len` {Integer} default = `0` +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `len` {integer} default = `0` Synchronous truncate(2). Returns `undefined`. A file descriptor can also be passed as the first argument. In this case, `fs.ftruncateSync()` is called. @@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} * `callback` {Function} Asynchronous unlink(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given @@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ to the completion callback. added: v0.1.21 --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} Synchronous unlink(2). Returns `undefined`. @@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ Synchronous unlink(2). Returns `undefined`. added: v0.1.31 --> -* `filename` {String | Buffer} +* `filename` {string|Buffer} * `listener` {Function} Stop watching for changes on `filename`. If `listener` is specified, only that @@ -1866,9 +1866,9 @@ changes: time specifiers. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `atime` {Integer} -* `mtime` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `atime` {integer} +* `mtime` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Change file timestamps of the file referenced by the supplied path. @@ -1893,9 +1893,9 @@ changes: time specifiers. --> -* `path` {String | Buffer} -* `atime` {Integer} -* `mtime` {Integer} +* `path` {string|Buffer} +* `atime` {integer} +* `mtime` {integer} Synchronous version of [`fs.utimes()`][]. Returns `undefined`. @@ -1908,15 +1908,15 @@ changes: description: The passed `options` object will never be modified. --> -* `filename` {String | Buffer} -* `options` {String | Object} - * `persistent` {Boolean} Indicates whether the process should continue to run +* `filename` {string|Buffer} +* `options` {string|Object} + * `persistent` {boolean} Indicates whether the process should continue to run as long as files are being watched. default = `true` - * `recursive` {Boolean} Indicates whether all subdirectories should be + * `recursive` {boolean} Indicates whether all subdirectories should be watched, or only the current directory. The applies when a directory is specified, and only on supported platforms (See [Caveats][]). default = `false` - * `encoding` {String} Specifies the character encoding to be used for the + * `encoding` {string} Specifies the character encoding to be used for the filename passed to the listener. default = `'utf8'` * `listener` {Function} @@ -2011,10 +2011,10 @@ fs.watch('somedir', (eventType, filename) => { added: v0.1.31 --> -* `filename` {String | Buffer} +* `filename` {string|Buffer} * `options` {Object} - * `persistent` {Boolean} - * `interval` {Integer} + * `persistent` {boolean} + * `interval` {integer} * `listener` {Function} Watch for changes on `filename`. The callback `listener` will be called each @@ -2068,11 +2068,11 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `buffer` {Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `offset` {Integer} -* `length` {Integer} -* `position` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `buffer` {Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `offset` {integer} +* `length` {integer} +* `position` {integer} * `callback` {Function} Write `buffer` to the file specified by `fd`. @@ -2108,10 +2108,10 @@ changes: it will emit a deprecation warning. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `string` {String} -* `position` {Integer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `fd` {integer} +* `string` {string} +* `position` {integer} +* `encoding` {string} * `callback` {Function} Write `string` to the file specified by `fd`. If `string` is not a string, then @@ -2155,12 +2155,12 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Integer} filename or file descriptor -* `data` {String | Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `'utf8'` - * `mode` {Integer} default = `0o666` - * `flag` {String} default = `'w'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|integer} filename or file descriptor +* `data` {string|Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `'utf8'` + * `mode` {integer} default = `0o666` + * `flag` {string} default = `'w'` * `callback` {Function} Asynchronously writes data to a file, replacing the file if it already exists. @@ -2205,12 +2205,12 @@ changes: description: The `file` parameter can be a file descriptor now. --> -* `file` {String | Buffer | Integer} filename or file descriptor -* `data` {String | Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `options` {Object | String} - * `encoding` {String | Null} default = `'utf8'` - * `mode` {Integer} default = `0o666` - * `flag` {String} default = `'w'` +* `file` {string|Buffer|integer} filename or file descriptor +* `data` {string|Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `options` {Object|string} + * `encoding` {string|null} default = `'utf8'` + * `mode` {integer} default = `0o666` + * `flag` {string} default = `'w'` The synchronous version of [`fs.writeFile()`][]. Returns `undefined`. @@ -2226,11 +2226,11 @@ changes: description: The `offset` and `length` parameters are optional now. --> -* `fd` {Integer} -* `buffer` {Buffer | Uint8Array} -* `offset` {Integer} -* `length` {Integer} -* `position` {Integer} +* `fd` {integer} +* `buffer` {Buffer|Uint8Array} +* `offset` {integer} +* `length` {integer} +* `position` {integer} ## fs.writeSync(fd, string[, position[, encoding]]) -* `fd` {Integer} -* `string` {String} -* `position` {Integer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `fd` {integer} +* `string` {string} +* `position` {integer} +* `encoding` {string} Synchronous versions of [`fs.write()`][]. Returns the number of bytes written. diff --git a/doc/api/globals.md b/doc/api/globals.md index 4ce4f479f6c89f..4e727a917ac31c 100644 --- a/doc/api/globals.md +++ b/doc/api/globals.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ added: v0.1.27 -* {String} +* {string} The directory name of the current module. This the same as the [`path.dirname()`][] of the [`__filename`][]. @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ added: v0.0.1 -* {String} +* {string} The file name of the current module. This is the resolved absolute path of the current module file. diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md index 1b766c3eea97f4..d918c14cd33da4 100644 --- a/doc/api/http.md +++ b/doc/api/http.md @@ -110,16 +110,16 @@ added: v0.3.4 * `options` {Object} Set of configurable options to set on the agent. Can have the following fields: - * `keepAlive` {Boolean} Keep sockets around even when there are no + * `keepAlive` {boolean} Keep sockets around even when there are no outstanding requests, so they can be used for future requests without having to reestablish a TCP connection. Default = `false` * `keepAliveMsecs` {Integer} When using the `keepAlive` option, specifies the [initial delay](net.html#net_socket_setkeepalive_enable_initialdelay) for TCP Keep-Alive packets. Ignored when the `keepAlive` option is `false` or `undefined`. Default = `1000`. - * `maxSockets` {Number} Maximum number of sockets to allow per + * `maxSockets` {number} Maximum number of sockets to allow per host. Default = `Infinity`. - * `maxFreeSockets` {Number} Maximum number of sockets to leave open + * `maxFreeSockets` {number} Maximum number of sockets to leave open in a free state. Only relevant if `keepAlive` is set to `true`. Default = `256`. @@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ added: v0.11.4 --> * `options` {Object} A set of options providing information for name generation - * `host` {String} A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to - * `port` {Number} Port of remote server - * `localAddress` {String} Local interface to bind for network connections + * `host` {string} A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to + * `port` {number} Port of remote server + * `localAddress` {string} Local interface to bind for network connections when issuing the request * Returns: {String} @@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ aborted, in milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `data` {String | Buffer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `data` {string|Buffer} +* `encoding` {string} * `callback` {Function} Finishes sending the request. If any parts of the body are @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ the optimization and kickstart the request. added: v0.5.9 --> -* `noDelay` {Boolean} +* `noDelay` {boolean} Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected [`socket.setNoDelay()`][] will be called. @@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected added: v0.5.9 --> -* `enable` {Boolean} -* `initialDelay` {Number} +* `enable` {boolean} +* `initialDelay` {number} Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected [`socket.setKeepAlive()`][] will be called. @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected added: v0.5.9 --> -* `timeout` {Number} Milliseconds before a request is considered to be timed out. +* `timeout` {number} Milliseconds before a request is considered to be timed out. * `callback` {Function} Optional function to be called when a timeout occurs. Same as binding to the `timeout` event. Once a socket is assigned to this request and is connected @@ -531,8 +531,8 @@ Returns `request`. added: v0.1.29 --> -* `chunk` {String | Buffer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `chunk` {string|Buffer} +* `encoding` {string} * `callback` {Function} Sends a chunk of the body. By calling this method @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ subsequent call will *re-open* the server using the provided options. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `path` {String} +* `path` {string} * `callback` {Function} Start a UNIX socket server listening for connections on the given `path`. @@ -753,9 +753,9 @@ subsequent call will *re-open* the server using the provided options. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `port` {Number} -* `hostname` {String} -* `backlog` {Number} +* `port` {number} +* `hostname` {string} +* `backlog` {number} * `callback` {Function} Begin accepting connections on the specified `port` and `hostname`. If the @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ no limit will be applied. added: v0.9.12 --> -* `msecs` {Number} +* `msecs` {number} * `callback` {Function} Sets the timeout value for sockets, and emits a `'timeout'` event on @@ -907,8 +907,8 @@ will result in a [`TypeError`][] being thrown. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `data` {String | Buffer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `data` {string|Buffer} +* `encoding` {string} * `callback` {Function} This method signals to the server that all of the response headers and body @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ as `false`. After [`response.end()`][] executes, the value will be `true`. added: v0.4.0 --> -* `name` {String} +* `name` {string} * Returns: {String} Reads out a header that's already been queued but not sent to the client. @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ Boolean (read-only). True if headers were sent, false otherwise. added: v0.4.0 --> -* `name` {String} +* `name` {string} Removes a header that's queued for implicit sending. @@ -1050,8 +1050,8 @@ in responses. added: v0.4.0 --> -* `name` {String} -* `value` {String} +* `name` {string} +* `value` {string} Sets a single header value for implicit headers. If this header already exists in the to-be-sent headers, its value will be replaced. Use an array of strings @@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ const server = http.createServer((req,res) => { added: v0.9.12 --> -* `msecs` {Number} +* `msecs` {number} * `callback` {Function} Sets the Socket's timeout value to `msecs`. If a callback is @@ -1152,8 +1152,8 @@ status message which was sent out. added: v0.1.29 --> -* `chunk` {String | Buffer} -* `encoding` {String} +* `chunk` {string|Buffer} +* `encoding` {string} * `callback` {Function} * Returns: {Boolean} @@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@ changes: the range `[100, 999]`. --> -* `statusCode` {Number} -* `statusMessage` {String} +* `statusCode` {number} +* `statusMessage` {string} * `headers` {Object} Sends a response header to the request. The status code is a 3-digit HTTP @@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ received. Only populated at the `'end'` event. added: v0.5.9 --> -* `msecs` {Number} +* `msecs` {number} * `callback` {Function} Calls `message.connection.setTimeout(msecs, callback)`. @@ -1595,28 +1595,28 @@ added: v0.3.6 --> * `options` {Object} - * `protocol` {String} Protocol to use. Defaults to `'http:'`. - * `host` {String} A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the + * `protocol` {string} Protocol to use. Defaults to `'http:'`. + * `host` {string} A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to. Defaults to `'localhost'`. - * `hostname` {String} Alias for `host`. To support [`url.parse()`][], + * `hostname` {string} Alias for `host`. To support [`url.parse()`][], `hostname` is preferred over `host`. - * `family` {Number} IP address family to use when resolving `host` and + * `family` {number} IP address family to use when resolving `host` and `hostname`. Valid values are `4` or `6`. When unspecified, both IP v4 and v6 will be used. - * `port` {Number} Port of remote server. Defaults to 80. - * `localAddress` {String} Local interface to bind for network connections. - * `socketPath` {String} Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or + * `port` {number} Port of remote server. Defaults to 80. + * `localAddress` {string} Local interface to bind for network connections. + * `socketPath` {string} Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath). - * `method` {String} A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to + * `method` {string} A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`. - * `path` {String} Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query + * `path` {string} Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any. E.G. `'/index.html?page=12'`. An exception is thrown when the request path contains illegal characters. Currently, only spaces are rejected but that may change in the future. * `headers` {Object} An object containing request headers. - * `auth` {String} Basic authentication i.e. `'user:password'` to compute an + * `auth` {string} Basic authentication i.e. `'user:password'` to compute an Authorization header. - * `agent` {http.Agent|Boolean} Controls [`Agent`][] behavior. Possible values: + * `agent` {http.Agent|boolean} Controls [`Agent`][] behavior. Possible values: * `undefined` (default): use [`http.globalAgent`][] for this host and port. * `Agent` object: explicitly use the passed in `Agent`. * `false`: causes a new `Agent` with default values to be used. diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md index 0aeab0ad14bbd2..973ee7ee8e03c5 100644 --- a/doc/api/modules.md +++ b/doc/api/modules.md @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ function require(...) { added: v0.1.16 --> -* {String} +* {string} The fully resolved filename to the module. @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ The fully resolved filename to the module. added: v0.1.16 --> -* {String} +* {string} The identifier for the module. Typically this is the fully resolved filename. @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ filename. added: v0.1.16 --> -* {Boolean} +* {boolean} Whether or not the module is done loading, or is in the process of loading. @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ The module that first required this one. added: v0.5.1 --> -* `id` {String} +* `id` {string} * Returns: {Object} `module.exports` from the resolved module The `module.require` method provides a way to load a module as if diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md index fe55ff486f6b19..3465ece47be9c0 100644 --- a/doc/api/net.md +++ b/doc/api/net.md @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ added: v0.5.10 --> * `handle` {Object} -* `backlog` {Number} +* `backlog` {number} * `callback` {Function} The `handle` object can be set to either a server or socket (anything @@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ added: v0.11.14 --> * `options` {Object} - Required. Supports the following properties: - * `port` {Number} - Optional. - * `host` {String} - Optional. - * `backlog` {Number} - Optional. - * `path` {String} - Optional. - * `exclusive` {Boolean} - Optional. + * `port` {number} - Optional. + * `host` {string} - Optional. + * `backlog` {number} - Optional. + * `path` {string} - Optional. + * `exclusive` {boolean} - Optional. * `callback` {Function} - Optional. The `port`, `host`, and `backlog` properties of `options`, as well as the @@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ subsequent call will *re-open* the server using the provided options. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `path` {String} -* `backlog` {Number} +* `path` {string} +* `backlog` {number} * `callback` {Function} Start a local socket server listening for connections on the given `path`. @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ About `allowHalfOpen`, refer to [`net.createServer()`][] and [`'end'`][] event. added: v0.1.90 --> -* `had_error` {Boolean} `true` if the socket had a transmission error. +* `had_error` {boolean} `true` if the socket had a transmission error. Emitted once the socket is fully closed. The argument `had_error` is a boolean which says if the socket was closed due to a transmission error. @@ -420,10 +420,10 @@ changes: Emitted after resolving the hostname but before connecting. Not applicable to UNIX sockets. -* `err` {Error|Null} The error object. See [`dns.lookup()`][]. -* `address` {String} The IP address. -* `family` {String|Null} The address type. See [`dns.lookup()`][]. -* `host` {String} The hostname. +* `err` {Error|null} The error object. See [`dns.lookup()`][]. +* `address` {string} The IP address. +* `family` {string|null} The address type. See [`dns.lookup()`][]. +* `host` {string} The hostname. ### Event: 'timeout' -* {String} +* {string} A string constant defining the operating system-specific end-of-line marker: @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ A string constant defining the operating system-specific end-of-line marker: added: v0.5.0 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.arch()` method returns a string identifying the operating system CPU architecture *for which the Node.js binary was compiled*. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ each CPU/core installed. The properties included on each object include: -* `model` {String} +* `model` {string} * `speed` {number} (in MHz) * `times` {Object} * `user` {number} The number of milliseconds the CPU has spent in user mode. @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ all processors are always 0. added: v0.9.4 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.endianness()` method returns a string identifying the endianness of the CPU *for which the Node.js binary was compiled*. @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Possible values are: added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} The `os.freemem()` method returns the amount of free system memory in bytes as an integer. @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ an integer. added: v2.3.0 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.homedir()` method returns the home directory of the current user as a string. @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ string. added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.hostname()` method returns the hostname of the operating system as a string. @@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ value is an array of objects that each describe an assigned network address. The properties available on the assigned network address object include: -* `address` {String} The assigned IPv4 or IPv6 address -* `netmask` {String} The IPv4 or IPv6 network mask -* `family` {String} Either `IPv4` or `IPv6` -* `mac` {String} The MAC address of the network interface +* `address` {string} The assigned IPv4 or IPv6 address +* `netmask` {string} The IPv4 or IPv6 network mask +* `family` {string} Either `IPv4` or `IPv6` +* `mac` {string} The MAC address of the network interface * `internal` {boolean} `true` if the network interface is a loopback or similar interface that is not remotely accessible; otherwise `false` * `scopeid` {number} The numeric IPv6 scope ID (only specified when `family` @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ The properties available on the assigned network address object include: added: v0.5.0 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.platform()` method returns a string identifying the operating system platform as set during compile time of Node.js. @@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ to be experimental at this time. added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.release()` method returns a string identifying the operating system release. @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ changes: returns a path with a trailing slash on any platform --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.tmpdir()` method returns a string specifying the operating system's default directory for temporary files. @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ default directory for temporary files. added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} The `os.totalmem()` method returns the total amount of system memory in bytes as an integer. @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ as an integer. added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `os.type()` method returns a string identifying the operating system name as returned by uname(3). For example `'Linux'` on Linux, `'Darwin'` on OS X and @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ information about the output of running uname(3) on various operating systems. added: v0.3.3 --> -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} The `os.uptime()` method returns the system uptime in number of seconds. @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ added: v6.0.0 --> * `options` {Object} - * `encoding` {String} Character encoding used to interpret resulting strings. + * `encoding` {string} Character encoding used to interpret resulting strings. If `encoding` is set to `'buffer'`, the `username`, `shell`, and `homedir` values will be `Buffer` instances. (Default: 'utf8') * Returns: {Object} diff --git a/doc/api/path.md b/doc/api/path.md index f284c500595571..0039e2c3ef14bd 100644 --- a/doc/api/path.md +++ b/doc/api/path.md @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ changes: description: Passing a non-string as the `path` argument will throw now. --> -* `path` {String} -* `ext` {String} An optional file extension -* Returns: {String} +* `path` {string} +* `ext` {string} An optional file extension +* Returns: {string} The `path.basename()` methods returns the last portion of a `path`, similar to the Unix `basename` command. @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ and is not a string. added: v0.9.3 --> -* {String} +* {string} Provides the platform-specific path delimiter: @@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ changes: description: Passing a non-string as the `path` argument will throw now. --> -* `path` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `path` {string} +* Returns: {string} The `path.dirname()` method returns the directory name of a `path`, similar to the Unix `dirname` command. @@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ changes: description: Passing a non-string as the `path` argument will throw now. --> -* `path` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `path` {string} +* Returns: {string} The `path.extname()` method returns the extension of the `path`, from the last occurrence of the `.` (period) character to end of string in the last portion of @@ -184,12 +184,12 @@ added: v0.11.15 --> * `pathObject` {Object} - * `dir` {String} - * `root` {String} - * `base` {String} - * `name` {String} - * `ext` {String} -* Returns: {String} + * `dir` {string} + * `root` {string} + * `base` {string} + * `name` {string} + * `ext` {string} +* Returns: {string} The `path.format()` method returns a path string from an object. This is the opposite of [`path.parse()`][]. @@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ path.format({ added: v0.11.2 --> -* `path` {String} -* Returns: {Boolean} +* `path` {string} +* Returns: {boolean} The `path.isAbsolute()` method determines if `path` is an absolute path. @@ -282,8 +282,8 @@ A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if `path` is not a string. added: v0.1.16 --> -* `...paths` {String} A sequence of path segments -* Returns: {String} +* `...paths` {string} A sequence of path segments +* Returns: {string} The `path.join()` method joins all given `path` segments together using the platform specific separator as a delimiter, then normalizes the resulting path. @@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if any of the path segments is not a string. added: v0.1.23 --> -* `path` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `path` {string} +* Returns: {string} The `path.normalize()` method normalizes the given `path`, resolving `'..'` and `'.'` segments. @@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if `path` is not a string. added: v0.11.15 --> -* `path` {String} +* `path` {string} * Returns: {Object} The `path.parse()` method returns an object whose properties represent @@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ significant elements of the `path`. The returned object will have the following properties: -* `root` {String} -* `dir` {String} -* `base` {String} -* `ext` {String} -* `name` {String} +* `root` {string} +* `dir` {string} +* `base` {string} +* `ext` {string} +* `name` {string} For example on POSIX: @@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ changes: in the return value. --> -* `from` {String} -* `to` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `from` {string} +* `to` {string} +* Returns: {string} The `path.relative()` method returns the relative path from `from` to `to`. If `from` and `to` each resolve to the same path (after calling `path.resolve()` @@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if neither `from` nor `to` is a string. added: v0.3.4 --> -* `...paths` {String} A sequence of paths or path segments -* Returns: {String} +* `...paths` {string} A sequence of paths or path segments +* Returns: {string} The `path.resolve()` method resolves a sequence of paths or path segments into an absolute path. @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ A [`TypeError`][] is thrown if any of the arguments is not a string. added: v0.7.9 --> -* {String} +* {string} Provides the platform-specific path segment separator: diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md index 8e7f75232ec61a..546bfbc15e281c 100644 --- a/doc/api/process.md +++ b/doc/api/process.md @@ -276,9 +276,9 @@ lead to sub-optimal application performance, bugs or security vulnerabilities. The listener function is called with a single `warning` argument whose value is an `Error` object. There are three key properties that describe the warning: -* `name` {String} The name of the warning (currently `Warning` by default). -* `message` {String} A system-provided description of the warning. -* `stack` {String} A stack trace to the location in the code where the warning +* `name` {string} The name of the warning (currently `Warning` by default). +* `message` {string} A system-provided description of the warning. +* `stack` {string} A stack trace to the location in the code where the warning was issued. ```js @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ generate a core file. added: v0.5.0 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.arch` property returns a String identifying the processor architecture that the Node.js process is currently running on. For instance @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Would generate the output: added: 6.4.0 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.argv0` property stores a read-only copy of the original value of `argv[0]` passed when Node.js starts. @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ property is `undefined`. added: v0.1.17 --> -* `directory` {String} +* `directory` {string} The `process.chdir()` method changes the current working directory of the Node.js process or throws an exception if doing so fails (for instance, if @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ replace the value of `process.config`. added: v0.7.2 --> -* {Boolean} +* {boolean} If the Node.js process is spawned with an IPC channel (see the [Child Process][] and [Cluster][] documentation), the `process.connected` property will return @@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ added: v6.1.0 * `previousValue` {Object} A previous return value from calling `process.cpuUsage()` * Returns: {Object} - * `user` {Integer} - * `system` {Integer} + * `user` {integer} + * `system` {integer} The `process.cpuUsage()` method returns the user and system CPU time usage of the current process, in an object with properties `user` and `system`, whose @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ console.log(process.cpuUsage(startUsage)); added: v0.1.8 --> -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `process.cwd()` method returns the current working directory of the Node.js process. @@ -642,8 +642,8 @@ If the Node.js process was not spawned with an IPC channel, added: v6.0.0 --> -* `warning` {String | Error} The warning to emit. -* `name` {String} When `warning` is a String, `name` is the name to use +* `warning` {string | Error} The warning to emit. +* `name` {string} When `warning` is a String, `name` is the name to use for the warning. Default: `Warning`. * `ctor` {Function} When `warning` is a String, `ctor` is an optional function used to limit the generated stack trace. Default @@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ And `process.argv`: added: v0.1.100 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.execPath` property returns the absolute pathname of the executable that started the Node.js process. @@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ For example: added: v0.1.13 --> -* `code` {Integer} The exit code. Defaults to `0`. +* `code` {integer} The exit code. Defaults to `0`. The `process.exit()` method instructs Node.js to terminate the process synchronously with an exit status of `code`. If `code` is omitted, exit uses @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ is safer than calling `process.exit()`. added: v0.11.8 --> -* {Integer} +* {integer} A number which will be the process exit code, when the process either exits gracefully, or is exited via [`process.exit()`][] without specifying @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ Android) added: v0.1.28 --> -* Returns: {Integer} +* Returns: {integer} The `process.getuid()` method returns the numeric user identity of the process. (See getuid(2).) @@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ passing the result to process.hrtime() will result in undefined behavior. added: v0.9.4 --> -* `user` {String|number} The user name or numeric identifier. -* `extra_group` {String|number} A group name or numeric identifier. +* `user` {string|number} The user name or numeric identifier. +* `extra_group` {string|number} A group name or numeric identifier. The `process.initgroups()` method reads the `/etc/group` file and initializes the group access list, using all groups of which the user is a member. This is @@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ added: v0.0.6 --> * `pid` {number} A process ID -* `signal` {String|number} The signal to send, either as a string or number. +* `signal` {string|number} The signal to send, either as a string or number. Defaults to `'SIGTERM'`. The `process.kill()` method sends the `signal` to the process identified by @@ -1145,10 +1145,10 @@ changes: --> * Returns: {Object} - * `rss` {Integer} - * `heapTotal` {Integer} - * `heapUsed` {Integer} - * `external` {Integer} + * `rss` {integer} + * `heapTotal` {integer} + * `heapUsed` {integer} + * `external` {integer} The `process.memoryUsage()` method returns an object describing the memory usage of the Node.js process measured in bytes. @@ -1274,7 +1274,7 @@ happening, just like a `while(true);` loop. added: v0.1.15 --> -* {Integer} +* {integer} The `process.pid` property returns the PID of the process. @@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ console.log(`This process is pid ${process.pid}`); added: v0.1.16 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.platform` property returns a string identifying the operating system platform on which the Node.js process is running. For instance @@ -1312,19 +1312,19 @@ tarball. `process.release` contains the following properties: -* `name` {String} A value that will always be `'node'` for Node.js. For +* `name` {string} A value that will always be `'node'` for Node.js. For legacy io.js releases, this will be `'io.js'`. -* `sourceUrl` {String} an absolute URL pointing to a _`.tar.gz`_ file containing +* `sourceUrl` {string} an absolute URL pointing to a _`.tar.gz`_ file containing the source code of the current release. -* `headersUrl`{String} an absolute URL pointing to a _`.tar.gz`_ file containing +* `headersUrl`{string} an absolute URL pointing to a _`.tar.gz`_ file containing only the source header files for the current release. This file is significantly smaller than the full source file and can be used for compiling Node.js native add-ons. -* `libUrl` {String} an absolute URL pointing to a _`node.lib`_ file matching the +* `libUrl` {string} an absolute URL pointing to a _`node.lib`_ file matching the architecture and version of the current release. This file is used for compiling Node.js native add-ons. _This property is only present on Windows builds of Node.js and will be missing on all other platforms._ -* `lts` {String} a string label identifying the [LTS][] label for this release. +* `lts` {string} a string label identifying the [LTS][] label for this release. If the Node.js release is not an LTS release, this will be `undefined`. For example: @@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ added: v0.5.9 * `sendHandle` {Handle object} * `options` {Object} * `callback` {Function} -* Returns: {Boolean} +* Returns: {boolean} If Node.js is spawned with an IPC channel, the `process.send()` method can be used to send messages to the parent process. Messages will be received as a @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ If Node.js was not spawned with an IPC channel, `process.send()` will be added: v2.0.0 --> -* `id` {String|number} A group name or ID +* `id` {string|number} A group name or ID The `process.setegid()` method sets the effective group identity of the process. (See setegid(2).) The `id` can be passed as either a numeric ID or a group @@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ Android) added: v2.0.0 --> -* `id` {String|number} A user name or ID +* `id` {string|number} A user name or ID The `process.seteuid()` method sets the effective user identity of the process. (See seteuid(2).) The `id` can be passed as either a numeric ID or a username @@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ Android) added: v0.1.31 --> -* `id` {String|number} The group name or ID +* `id` {string|number} The group name or ID The `process.setgid()` method sets the group identity of the process. (See setgid(2).) The `id` can be passed as either a numeric ID or a group name @@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ See the [TTY][] documentation for more information. added: v0.1.104 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.title` property returns the current process title (i.e. returns the current value of `ps`). Assigning a new value to `process.title` modifies @@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ console.log( added: v0.5.0 --> -* Returns: {Number} +* Returns: {number} The `process.uptime()` method returns the number of seconds the current Node.js process has been running. @@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ process has been running. added: v0.1.3 --> -* {String} +* {string} The `process.version` property returns the Node.js version string. diff --git a/doc/api/punycode.md b/doc/api/punycode.md index 7b0b63939de369..baa3d050d16435 100644 --- a/doc/api/punycode.md +++ b/doc/api/punycode.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ the module must be directed to the [Punycode.js][] project. added: v0.5.1 --> -* `string` {String} +* `string` {string} The `punycode.decode()` method converts a [Punycode][] string of ASCII-only characters to the equivalent string of Unicode codepoints. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ punycode.decode('--dqo34k'); // '☃-⌘' added: v0.5.1 --> -* `string` {String} +* `string` {string} The `punycode.encode()` method converts a string of Unicode codepoints to a [Punycode][] string of ASCII-only characters. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ punycode.encode('☃-⌘'); // '--dqo34k' added: v0.6.1 --> -* `domain` {String} +* `domain` {string} The `punycode.toASCII()` method converts a Unicode string representing an Internationalized Domain Name to [Punycode][]. Only the non-ASCII parts of the @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ punycode.toASCII('example.com'); // 'example.com' added: v0.6.1 --> -* `domain` {String} +* `domain` {string} The `punycode.toUnicode()` method converts a string representing a domain name containing [Punycode][] encoded characters into Unicode. Only the [Punycode][] @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ added: v0.7.0 added: v0.7.0 --> -* `string` {String} +* `string` {string} The `punycode.ucs2.decode()` method returns an array containing the numeric codepoint values of each Unicode symbol in the string. diff --git a/doc/api/querystring.md b/doc/api/querystring.md index 0c31c1600bd67c..8b59b47087c945 100644 --- a/doc/api/querystring.md +++ b/doc/api/querystring.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const querystring = require('querystring'); added: v0.1.25 --> -* `str` {String} +* `str` {string} The `querystring.escape()` method performs URL percent-encoding on the given `str` in a manner that is optimized for the specific requirements of URL @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ changes: description: The `eq` parameter may now have a length of more than `1`. --> -* `str` {String} The URL query string to parse -* `sep` {String} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the +* `str` {string} The URL query string to parse +* `sep` {string} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string. Defaults to `'&'`. -* `eq` {String}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the +* `eq` {string}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string. Defaults to `'='`. * `options` {Object} * `decodeURIComponent` {Function} The function to use when decoding @@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ added: v0.1.25 --> * `obj` {Object} The object to serialize into a URL query string -* `sep` {String} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the +* `sep` {string} The substring used to delimit key and value pairs in the query string. Defaults to `'&'`. -* `eq` {String}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the +* `eq` {string}. The substring used to delimit keys and values in the query string. Defaults to `'='`. * `options` * `encodeURIComponent` {Function} The function to use when converting @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ querystring.stringify({ w: '中文', foo: 'bar' }, null, null, -* `str` {String} +* `str` {string} The `querystring.unescape()` method performs decoding of URL percent-encoded diff --git a/doc/api/readline.md b/doc/api/readline.md index 10164bc7887984..878721bb4d3f37 100644 --- a/doc/api/readline.md +++ b/doc/api/readline.md @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ If the `readline.Interface` was created with `output` set to `null` or added: v0.3.3 --> -* `query` {String} A statement or query to write to `output`, prepended to the +* `query` {string} A statement or query to write to `output`, prepended to the prompt. * `callback` {Function} A callback function that is invoked with the user's input in response to the `query`. @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ The `rl.resume()` method resumes the `input` stream if it has been paused. added: v0.1.98 --> -* `prompt` {String} +* `prompt` {string} The `rl.setPrompt()` method sets the prompt that will be written to `output` whenever `rl.prompt()` is called. @@ -286,12 +286,12 @@ whenever `rl.prompt()` is called. added: v0.1.98 --> -* `data` {String} +* `data` {string} * `key` {Object} * `ctrl` {boolean} `true` to indicate the `` key. * `meta` {boolean} `true` to indicate the `` key. * `shift` {boolean} `true` to indicate the `` key. - * `name` {String} The name of the a key. + * `name` {string} The name of the a key. The `rl.write()` method will write either `data` or a key sequence identified by `key` to the `output`. The `key` argument is supported only if `output` is @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ added: v0.7.7 * `stream` {Writable} * `dx` {number} -* `dy` {Number} +* `dy` {number} The `readline.moveCursor()` method moves the cursor *relative* to its current position in a given [TTY][] `stream`. diff --git a/doc/api/repl.md b/doc/api/repl.md index f4d85e11c96b3b..8c2f56ccbd3820 100644 --- a/doc/api/repl.md +++ b/doc/api/repl.md @@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ Clearing context... added: v0.3.0 --> -* `keyword` {String} The command keyword (*without* a leading `.` character). +* `keyword` {string} The command keyword (*without* a leading `.` character). * `cmd` {Object|Function} The function to invoke when the command is processed. The `replServer.defineCommand()` method is used to add new `.`-prefixed commands @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ to the REPL instance. Such commands are invoked by typing a `.` followed by the `keyword`. The `cmd` is either a Function or an object with the following properties: -* `help` {String} Help text to be displayed when `.help` is entered (Optional). +* `help` {string} Help text to be displayed when `.help` is entered (Optional). * `action` {Function} The function to execute, optionally accepting a single string argument. @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Goodbye! added: v0.1.91 --> -* `preserveCursor` {Boolean} +* `preserveCursor` {boolean} The `replServer.displayPrompt()` method readies the REPL instance for input from the user, printing the configured `prompt` to a new line in the `output` @@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ changes: description: The `options` parameter is optional now. --> -* `options` {Object | String} - * `prompt` {String} The input prompt to display. Defaults to `> ` +* `options` {Object|string} + * `prompt` {string} The input prompt to display. Defaults to `> ` (with a trailing space). * `input` {Readable} The Readable stream from which REPL input will be read. Defaults to `process.stdin`. diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md index 7756ddbef234a1..50f41a33db1aea 100644 --- a/doc/api/stream.md +++ b/doc/api/stream.md @@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ See also: [`writable.uncork()`][]. added: v0.9.4 --> -* `chunk` {String|Buffer|any} Optional data to write. For streams not operating +* `chunk` {string|Buffer|any} Optional data to write. For streams not operating in object mode, `chunk` must be a string or a `Buffer`. For object mode streams, `chunk` may be any JavaScript value other than `null`. -* `encoding` {String} The encoding, if `chunk` is a String +* `encoding` {string} The encoding, if `chunk` is a String * `callback` {Function} Optional callback for when the stream is finished Calling the `writable.end()` method signals that no more data will be written @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ changes: description: This method now returns a reference to `writable`. --> -* `encoding` {String} The new default encoding +* `encoding` {string} The new default encoding * Returns: `this` The `writable.setDefaultEncoding()` method sets the default `encoding` for a @@ -440,10 +440,10 @@ changes: considered invalid now, even in object mode. --> -* `chunk` {String|Buffer} The data to write -* `encoding` {String} The encoding, if `chunk` is a String +* `chunk` {string|Buffer} The data to write +* `encoding` {string} The encoding, if `chunk` is a String * `callback` {Function} Callback for when this chunk of data is flushed -* Returns: {Boolean} `false` if the stream wishes for the calling code to +* Returns: {boolean} `false` if the stream wishes for the calling code to wait for the `'drain'` event to be emitted before continuing to write additional data; otherwise `true`. @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ Not all [Readable][] streams will emit the `'close'` event. added: v0.9.4 --> -* `chunk` {Buffer|String|any} The chunk of data. For streams that are not +* `chunk` {Buffer|string|any} The chunk of data. For streams that are not operating in object mode, the chunk will be either a string or `Buffer`. For streams that are in object mode, the chunk can be any JavaScript value other than `null`. @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ preferred over the use of the `'readable'` event. added: v0.11.14 --> -* Returns: {Boolean} +* Returns: {boolean} The `readable.isPaused()` method returns the current operating state of the Readable. This is used primarily by the mechanism that underlies the @@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ added: v0.9.4 * `destination` {stream.Writable} The destination for writing data * `options` {Object} Pipe options - * `end` {Boolean} End the writer when the reader ends. Defaults to `true`. + * `end` {boolean} End the writer when the reader ends. Defaults to `true`. The `readable.pipe()` method attaches a [Writable][] stream to the `readable`, causing it to switch automatically into flowing mode and push all of its data @@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ options. added: v0.9.4 --> -* `size` {Number} Optional argument to specify how much data to read. -* Return {String|Buffer|Null} +* `size` {number} Optional argument to specify how much data to read. +* Return {string|Buffer|null} The `readable.read()` method pulls some data out of the internal buffer and returns it. If no data available to be read, `null` is returned. By default, @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ getReadableStreamSomehow() added: v0.9.4 --> -* `encoding` {String} The encoding to use. +* `encoding` {string} The encoding to use. * Returns: `this` The `readable.setEncoding()` method sets the default character encoding for @@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ setTimeout(() => { added: v0.9.11 --> -* `chunk` {Buffer|String} Chunk of data to unshift onto the read queue +* `chunk` {Buffer|string} Chunk of data to unshift onto the read queue The `readable.unshift()` method pushes a chunk of data back into the internal buffer. This is useful in certain situations where a stream is being consumed by @@ -1236,13 +1236,13 @@ constructor and implement the `writable._write()` method. The #### Constructor: new stream.Writable([options]) * `options` {Object} - * `highWaterMark` {Number} Buffer level when + * `highWaterMark` {number} Buffer level when [`stream.write()`][stream-write] starts returning `false`. Defaults to `16384` (16kb), or `16` for `objectMode` streams. - * `decodeStrings` {Boolean} Whether or not to decode strings into + * `decodeStrings` {boolean} Whether or not to decode strings into Buffers before passing them to [`stream._write()`][stream-_write]. Defaults to `true` - * `objectMode` {Boolean} Whether or not the + * `objectMode` {boolean} Whether or not the [`stream.write(anyObj)`][stream-write] is a valid operation. When set, it becomes possible to write JavaScript values other than string or `Buffer` if supported by the stream implementation. Defaults to `false` @@ -1295,9 +1295,9 @@ const myWritable = new Writable({ #### writable.\_write(chunk, encoding, callback) -* `chunk` {Buffer|String} The chunk to be written. Will **always** +* `chunk` {Buffer|string} The chunk to be written. Will **always** be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`. -* `encoding` {String} If the chunk is a string, then `encoding` is the +* `encoding` {string} If the chunk is a string, then `encoding` is the character encoding of that string. If chunk is a `Buffer`, or if the stream is operating in object mode, `encoding` may be ignored. * `callback` {Function} Call this function (optionally with an error @@ -1417,12 +1417,12 @@ constructor and implement the `readable._read()` method. #### new stream.Readable([options]) * `options` {Object} - * `highWaterMark` {Number} The maximum number of bytes to store in + * `highWaterMark` {number} The maximum number of bytes to store in the internal buffer before ceasing to read from the underlying resource. Defaults to `16384` (16kb), or `16` for `objectMode` streams - * `encoding` {String} If specified, then buffers will be decoded to + * `encoding` {string} If specified, then buffers will be decoded to strings using the specified encoding. Defaults to `null` - * `objectMode` {Boolean} Whether this stream should behave + * `objectMode` {boolean} Whether this stream should behave as a stream of objects. Meaning that [`stream.read(n)`][stream-read] returns a single value instead of a Buffer of size n. Defaults to `false` * `read` {Function} Implementation for the [`stream._read()`][stream-_read] @@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ const myReadable = new Readable({ #### readable.\_read(size) -* `size` {Number} Number of bytes to read asynchronously +* `size` {number} Number of bytes to read asynchronously *Note*: **This function MUST NOT be called by application code directly.** It should be implemented by child classes, and called only by the internal Readable @@ -1500,10 +1500,10 @@ user programs. #### readable.push(chunk[, encoding]) -* `chunk` {Buffer|Null|String} Chunk of data to push into the read queue -* `encoding` {String} Encoding of String chunks. Must be a valid +* `chunk` {Buffer|null|string} Chunk of data to push into the read queue +* `encoding` {string} Encoding of String chunks. Must be a valid Buffer encoding, such as `'utf8'` or `'ascii'` -* Returns {Boolean} `true` if additional chunks of data may continued to be +* Returns {boolean} `true` if additional chunks of data may continued to be pushed; `false` otherwise. When `chunk` is a `Buffer` or `string`, the `chunk` of data will be added to the @@ -1631,13 +1631,13 @@ constructor and implement *both* the `readable._read()` and * `options` {Object} Passed to both Writable and Readable constructors. Also has the following fields: - * `allowHalfOpen` {Boolean} Defaults to `true`. If set to `false`, then + * `allowHalfOpen` {boolean} Defaults to `true`. If set to `false`, then the stream will automatically end the readable side when the writable side ends and vice versa. - * `readableObjectMode` {Boolean} Defaults to `false`. Sets `objectMode` + * `readableObjectMode` {boolean} Defaults to `false`. Sets `objectMode` for readable side of the stream. Has no effect if `objectMode` is `true`. - * `writableObjectMode` {Boolean} Defaults to `false`. Sets `objectMode` + * `writableObjectMode` {boolean} Defaults to `false`. Sets `objectMode` for writable side of the stream. Has no effect if `objectMode` is `true`. @@ -1873,9 +1873,9 @@ user programs. #### transform.\_transform(chunk, encoding, callback) -* `chunk` {Buffer|String} The chunk to be transformed. Will **always** +* `chunk` {Buffer|string} The chunk to be transformed. Will **always** be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`. -* `encoding` {String} If the chunk is a string, then this is the +* `encoding` {string} If the chunk is a string, then this is the encoding type. If chunk is a buffer, then this is the special value - 'buffer', ignore it in this case. * `callback` {Function} A callback function (optionally with an error diff --git a/doc/api/url.md b/doc/api/url.md index 5104c575396853..b58639bf2193d7 100644 --- a/doc/api/url.md +++ b/doc/api/url.md @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ forward-slash characters (`/`) are required following the colon in the added: v0.1.25 --> -* `urlObject` {Object | String} A URL object (as returned by `url.parse()` or +* `urlObject` {Object|string} A URL object (as returned by `url.parse()` or constructed otherwise). If a string, it is converted to an object by passing it to `url.parse()`. @@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ The formatting process operates as follows: * `URL` {URL} A [WHATWG URL][] object * `options` {Object} - * `auth` {Boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the + * `auth` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the username and password, `false` otherwise. Defaults to `true`. - * `fragment` {Boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the + * `fragment` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the fragment, `false` otherwise. Defaults to `true`. - * `search` {Boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the + * `search` {boolean} `true` if the serialized URL string should include the search query, `false` otherwise. Defaults to `true`. * `unicode` (Boolean) `true` if Unicode characters appearing in the host component of the URL string should be encoded directly as opposed to being @@ -245,12 +245,12 @@ be experimental. added: v0.1.25 --> -* `urlString` {String} The URL string to parse. -* `parseQueryString` {Boolean} If `true`, the `query` property will always +* `urlString` {string} The URL string to parse. +* `parseQueryString` {boolean} If `true`, the `query` property will always be set to an object returned by the [`querystring`][] module's `parse()` method. If `false`, the `query` property on the returned URL object will be an unparsed, undecoded string. Defaults to `false`. -* `slashesDenoteHost` {Boolean} If `true`, the first token after the literal +* `slashesDenoteHost` {boolean} If `true`, the first token after the literal string `//` and preceding the next `/` will be interpreted as the `host`. For instance, given `//foo/bar`, the result would be `{host: 'foo', pathname: '/bar'}` rather than `{pathname: '//foo/bar'}`. @@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ changes: contains a hostname. --> -* `from` {String} The Base URL being resolved against. -* `to` {String} The HREF URL being resolved. +* `from` {string} The Base URL being resolved against. +* `to` {string} The HREF URL being resolved. The `url.resolve()` method resolves a target URL relative to a base URL in a manner similar to that of a Web browser resolving an anchor tag HREF. @@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ object returned by `url.parse()` are shown. Below it are properties of a WHATWG ### Class: URL #### Constructor: new URL(input[, base]) -* `input` {String} The input URL to parse -* `base` {String | URL} The base URL to resolve against if the `input` is not +* `input` {string} The input URL to parse +* `base` {string|URL} The base URL to resolve against if the `input` is not absolute. Creates a new `URL` object by parsing the `input` relative to the `base`. If @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ Additional [examples of parsed URLs][] may be found in the WHATWG URL Standard. #### url.hash -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the fragment portion of the URL. @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [`url.parse()`][] and #### url.host -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the host portion of the URL. @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Invalid host values assigned to the `host` property are ignored. #### url.hostname -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the hostname portion of the URL. The key difference between `url.host` and `url.hostname` is that `url.hostname` does *not* include the @@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Invalid hostname values assigned to the `hostname` property are ignored. #### url.href -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the serialized URL. @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ will be thrown. #### url.origin -* {String} +* {string} Gets the read-only serialization of the URL's origin. Unicode characters that may be contained within the hostname will be encoded as-is without [Punycode][] @@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ console.log(idnURL.hostname); #### url.password -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the password portion of the URL. @@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [`url.parse()`][] and #### url.pathname -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the path portion of the URL. @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ to percent-encode may vary somewhat from what the [`url.parse()`][] and #### url.port -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the port portion of the URL. @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ lies outside the range denoted above, it is ignored. #### url.protocol -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the protocol portion of the URL. @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ Invalid URL protocol values assigned to the `protocol` property are ignored. #### url.search -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the serialized query portion of the URL. @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ documentation for details. #### url.username -* {String} +* {string} Gets and sets the username portion of the URL. @@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ and [`url.format()`][] methods would produce. #### url.toString() -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `toString()` method on the `URL` object returns the serialized URL. The value returned is equivalent to that of [`url.href`][] and [`url.toJSON()`][]. @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ to customize the serialization process of the URL. For more flexibility, #### url.toJSON() -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} The `toJSON()` method on the `URL` object returns the serialized URL. The value returned is equivalent to that of [`url.href`][] and @@ -722,14 +722,14 @@ console.log(myURL.href); #### urlSearchParams.append(name, value) -* `name` {String} -* `value` {String} +* `name` {string} +* `value` {string} Append a new name-value pair to the query string. #### urlSearchParams.delete(name) -* `name` {String} +* `name` {string} Remove all name-value pairs whose name is `name`. @@ -763,15 +763,16 @@ myURL.searchParams.forEach((value, name, searchParams) => { #### urlSearchParams.get(name) -* `name` {String} -* Returns: {String | Null} +* `name` {string} +* Returns: {string} or `null` if there is no name-value pair with the given + `name`. Returns the value of the first name-value pair whose name is `name`. If there are no such pairs, `null` is returned. #### urlSearchParams.getAll(name) -* `name` {String} +* `name` {string} * Returns: {Array} Returns the values of all name-value pairs whose name is `name`. If there are @@ -779,8 +780,8 @@ no such pairs, an empty array is returned. #### urlSearchParams.has(name) -* `name` {String} -* Returns: {Boolean} +* `name` {string} +* Returns: {boolean} Returns `true` if there is at least one name-value pair whose name is `name`. @@ -803,8 +804,8 @@ for (const name of params.keys()) { #### urlSearchParams.set(name, value) -* `name` {String} -* `value` {String} +* `name` {string} +* `value` {string} Sets the value in the `URLSearchParams` object associated with `name` to `value`. If there are any pre-existing name-value pairs whose names are `name`, @@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ console.log(params.toString()); #### urlSearchParams.toString() -* Returns: {String} +* Returns: {string} Returns the search parameters serialized as a string, with characters percent-encoded where necessary. @@ -878,8 +879,8 @@ for (const [name, value] of params) { ### require('url').domainToASCII(domain) -* `domain` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `domain` {string} +* Returns: {string} Returns the [Punycode][] ASCII serialization of the `domain`. If `domain` is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned. @@ -901,8 +902,8 @@ the new `URL` implementation but is not part of the WHATWG URL standard. ### require('url').domainToUnicode(domain) -* `domain` {String} -* Returns: {String} +* `domain` {string} +* Returns: {string} Returns the Unicode serialization of the `domain`. If `domain` is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned. diff --git a/doc/api/util.md b/doc/api/util.md index 726691b8d6dabd..bb1bbd529a4ccb 100644 --- a/doc/api/util.md +++ b/doc/api/util.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const util = require('util'); added: v0.11.3 --> -* `section` {String} A string identifying the portion of the application for +* `section` {string} A string identifying the portion of the application for which the `debuglog` function is being created. * Returns: {Function} The logging function @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ property take precedence over `--trace-deprecation` and added: v0.5.3 --> -* `format` {String} A `printf`-like format string. +* `format` {string} A `printf`-like format string. The `util.format()` method returns a formatted string using the first argument as a `printf`-like format. @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ deprecated: v0.11.3 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`console.error()`][] instead. -* `string` {String} The message to print to `stderr` +* `string` {string} The message to print to `stderr` Deprecated predecessor of `console.error`. @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ deprecated: v0.11.3 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use [`console.error()`][] instead. -* `...strings` {String} The message to print to `stderr` +* `...strings` {string} The message to print to `stderr` Deprecated predecessor of `console.error`. @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ deprecated: v6.0.0 > Stability: 0 - Deprecated: Use a third party module instead. -* `string` {String} +* `string` {string} The `util.log()` method prints the given `string` to `stdout` with an included timestamp. diff --git a/tools/doc/type-parser.js b/tools/doc/type-parser.js index c5c416e2b3bdc2..4c2d29f2bf7d0d 100644 --- a/tools/doc/type-parser.js +++ b/tools/doc/type-parser.js @@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ const jsDocPrefix = 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/'; const jsDocUrl = jsDocPrefix + 'Reference/Global_Objects/'; const jsPrimitiveUrl = jsDocPrefix + 'Data_structures'; const jsPrimitives = { - 'Integer': 'Number', // this is for extending - 'Number': 'Number', - 'String': 'String', - 'Boolean': 'Boolean', - 'Null': 'Null', - 'Symbol': 'Symbol' + 'boolean': 'Boolean', + 'integer': 'Number', // not a primitive, used for clarification + 'null': 'Null', + 'number': 'Number', + 'string': 'String', + 'symbol': 'Symbol', + 'undefined': 'Undefined' }; const jsGlobalTypes = [ 'Error', 'Object', 'Function', 'Array', 'TypedArray', 'Uint8Array', @@ -67,7 +68,16 @@ module.exports = { typeText = typeText.trim(); if (typeText) { let typeUrl = null; - const primitive = jsPrimitives[typeText]; + + // To support type[], we store the full string and use + // the bracket-less version to lookup the type URL + const typeTextFull = typeText; + if (/\[]$/.test(typeText)) { + typeText = typeText.slice(0, -2); + } + + const primitive = jsPrimitives[typeText.toLowerCase()]; + if (primitive !== undefined) { typeUrl = `${jsPrimitiveUrl}#${primitive}_type`; } else if (jsGlobalTypes.indexOf(typeText) !== -1) { @@ -78,9 +88,10 @@ module.exports = { if (typeUrl) { typeLinks.push('<' + - typeText + '>'); + typeTextFull + '>'); } else { - typeLinks.push('<' + typeText + '>'); + typeLinks.push('<' + typeTextFull + + '>'); } } });