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diff --git a/src/pkg/http/httptest/server.go b/src/pkg/http/httptest/server.go
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+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Implementation of Server
+
+package httptest
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"http"
+	"net"
+)
+
+// A Server is an HTTP server listening on a system-chosen port on the
+// local loopback interface, for use in end-to-end HTTP tests.
+type Server struct {
+	URL      string // base URL of form http://ipaddr:port with no trailing slash
+	Listener net.Listener
+}
+
+// NewServer starts and returns a new Server.
+// The caller should call Close when finished, to shut it down.
+func NewServer(handler http.Handler) *Server {
+	ts := new(Server)
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		if l, err = net.Listen("tcp6", "[::1]:0"); err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("httptest: failed to listen on a port: %v", err))
+		}
+	}
+	ts.Listener = l
+	ts.URL = "http://" + l.Addr().String()
+	server := &http.Server{Handler: handler}
+	go server.Serve(l)
+	return ts
+}
+
+// Close shuts down the server.
+func (s *Server) Close() {
+	s.Listener.Close()
+}