http self-request

test.ts

// demo of web server and client request.  Lines 17 or 18 can be used and it works.
import http = require('http');

class Test {
  request: http.ClientRequest;

  private Connect() {
    console.log("connecting");
    this.request = http.request({
      hostname: "localhost",
      port: 22440,
      path: "/",
      method: "post",
      headers: {
        "Transfer-Encoding": "chunked"
      }
    //}, (r) => this.OnResponse(r));  // this works
  }, this.OnResponse);                // and this works

    this.request.write("");
    this.request.end();
  }

  private OnResponse(response: http.IncomingMessage) {
      console.log("STATUS: " + response.statusCode);
      console.log("HEADERS: " + JSON.stringify(response.headers));
      response.setEncoding("utf8");
      response.on('data', (chunk: any) => {
        console.log("BODY: " + chunk);
      });
  }

  constructor() {
    this.Connect();
  }
}


(() => {

  http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
    res.end('Hello World\n');
  }).listen(22440, 'localhost');

  console.log('Server running at http://localhost:22440/');

  var testConn = new Test();

})();

I initially didn't like that very much, but after doing something sad and silly, i thought about itmore, and have changed my mind, and like this very very much.

This doesn't break readability of the code at all, and actually implicitly marks a given function as an intended callback.

Thanks!