A simple http listener / server

simpleHttpServer.cs

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Threading;

namespace SimpleHttpServer
{
    public class SimpleHttpServer
    {
        public static void Start()
        {
            var t = new Thread(() => SimpleListenerExample(new string[] { "http://localhost:2000/" }));
            t.IsBackground = true;
            t.Start();
        }

        // This example requires the System and System.Net namespaces. 
        public static void SimpleListenerExample(string[] prefixes)
        {
            if (!HttpListener.IsSupported)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Windows XP SP2 or Server 2003 is required to use the HttpListener class.");
                return;
            }
            // URI prefixes are required, 
            // for example "http://contoso.com:8080/index/".
            if (prefixes == null || prefixes.Length == 0)
                throw new ArgumentException("prefixes");

            // Create a listener.
            var listener = new HttpListener();
            // Add the prefixes. 
            foreach (string s in prefixes)
            {
                listener.Prefixes.Add(s);
            }
            listener.Start();
            Console.WriteLine("Listening...");
            while (true)
            {
                // Note: The GetContext method blocks while waiting for a request. 
                HttpListenerContext context = listener.GetContext();
                HttpListenerRequest request = context.Request;
                // Obtain a response object.
                HttpListenerResponse response = context.Response;
                // Construct a response. 
                string responseString = @"hello";
                byte[] buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(responseString);
                // Get a response stream and write the response to it.
                response.ContentLength64 = buffer.Length;
                System.IO.Stream output = response.OutputStream;
                output.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

                // You must close the output stream.
                output.Close();
            }
            listener.Stop();
        }
    }
}