Remove using contentBase a proxy feature.

This was deprecated since 1.x

Fixes #582

Author: SpaceK33z

bin/webpack-dev-server.js

@@ -267,8 +267,6 @@ function processOptions(wpOpt) {
 		console.log("webpack result is served from " + options.publicPath);
 		if(Array.isArray(options.contentBase))
 			console.log("content is served from " + options.contentBase.join(", "));
-		else if(typeof options.contentBase === "object")
-			console.log("requests are proxied to " + options.contentBase.target);
 		else
 			console.log("content is served from " + options.contentBase);
 		if(options.historyApiFallback)

lib/Server.js

@@ -211,18 +211,6 @@ function Server(compiler, options) {
 					contentBase.forEach(function(item) {
 						app.get("*", serveIndex(item));
 					});
-				} else if(typeof contentBase === "object") {
-					console.log('Using contentBase as a proxy is deprecated and will be removed in the next major version. Please use the proxy option instead.\n\nTo update remove the contentBase option from webpack.config.js and add this:');
-					console.log('proxy: {\n\t"*": <your current contentBase configuration>\n}');
-					// Proxy every request to contentBase.target
-					app.all("*", function(req, res) {
-						proxy.web(req, res, contentBase, function(err) {
-							var msg = "cannot proxy to " + contentBase.target + " (" + err.message + ")";
-							this.sockWrite(this.sockets, "proxy-error", [msg]);
-							res.statusCode = 502;
-							res.end();
-						}.bind(this));
-					}.bind(this));
 				} else if(/^(https?:)?\/\//.test(contentBase)) {
 					// Redirect every request to contentBase
 					app.get("*", function(req, res) {
@@ -244,7 +232,7 @@ function Server(compiler, options) {
 					app.get("*", express.static(contentBase, options.staticOptions), serveIndex(contentBase));
 				}
 			}
-		}.bind(this),
+		},
 
 		middleware: function() {
 			// include our middleware to ensure it is able to handle '/index.html' request after redirect