From f5b19e8dd70c9f35cd32ca900bf4553f9ce09221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Purcell <john.purcell@blackboard.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:07:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Return http.Server from express.listen()

---
 express/express-tests.ts |  7 +++++++
 express/express.d.ts     | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/express/express-tests.ts b/express/express-tests.ts
index 3efdf19a6..57d1d638c 100644
--- a/express/express-tests.ts
+++ b/express/express-tests.ts
@@ -1489,3 +1489,10 @@ function test_middleware() {
     app.use(express.static('public'));
     app.use(router.middleware);
 }
+
+////////////////////
+
+// make sure server can be shut down
+var testShutdownServer = app.listen(0);
+console.log('listening on port ' + testShutdownServer.address().port);
+testShutdownServer.close();
diff --git a/express/express.d.ts b/express/express.d.ts
index 243aa41d4..7dd170629 100644
--- a/express/express.d.ts
+++ b/express/express.d.ts
@@ -1112,15 +1112,15 @@ declare module "express" {
              *    http.createServer(app).listen(80);
              *    https.createServer({ ... }, app).listen(443);
              */
-            listen(port: number, hostname: string, backlog: number, callback?: Function): void;
+            listen(port: number, hostname: string, backlog: number, callback?: Function): http.Server;
 
-            listen(port: number, hostname: string, callback?: Function): void;
+            listen(port: number, hostname: string, callback?: Function): http.Server;
 
-            listen(port: number, callback?: Function): void;
+            listen(port: number, callback?: Function): http.Server;
 
-            listen(path: string, callback?: Function): void;
+            listen(path: string, callback?: Function): http.Server;
 
-            listen(handle: any, listeningListener?: Function): void;
+            listen(handle: any, listeningListener?: Function): http.Server;
 
             route: IRoute;