From 5b890a623a960e751d064ad57604afb7650234bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nathan <nathan@dorkbox.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:55:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed issue with config.host == null (it can never be null --
 the "any" address is 0.0.0.0, and we take care of how to bind it to any
 internally)

---
 src/dorkbox/network/Server.java | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/dorkbox/network/Server.java b/src/dorkbox/network/Server.java
index e51a2710..a8cdae86 100644
--- a/src/dorkbox/network/Server.java
+++ b/src/dorkbox/network/Server.java
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ class Server<C extends Connection> extends EndPointServer<C> {
         localChannelName = config.localChannelName;
 
         if (config.host == null) {
+            // we set this to "0.0.0.0" so that it is clear that we are trying to bind to that address.
             hostName = "0.0.0.0";
+
+            // make it clear that this is what we do (configuration wise) so that variable examination is consistent
+            config.host = hostName;
         }
         else {
             hostName = config.host;
@@ -216,7 +220,7 @@ class Server<C extends Connection> extends EndPointServer<C> {
                                                                                 serializationManager));
 
             // have to check options.host for null. we don't bind to 0.0.0.0, we bind to "null" to get the "any" address!
-            if (config.host != null) {
+            if (hostName.equals("0.0.0.0")) {
                 tcpBootstrap.localAddress(hostName, tcpPort);
             }
             else {