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authorRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2017-10-30 15:16:21 +0000
committerRichard van der Hoff <richard@matrix.org>2017-10-31 14:01:53 +0000
commit1650eb584772dbad61d74c2b3c9c932a52fe1979 (patch)
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parentMerge pull request #2609 from matrix-org/rav/refactor_login (diff)
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DB schema interface for password auth providers
Provide an interface by which password auth providers can register db schema
files to be run at startup
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@@ -37,3 +37,15 @@ Password auth provider classes must provide the following methods:
 
     The method should return a Twisted ``Deferred`` object, which resolves to
     ``True`` if authentication is successful, and ``False`` if not.
+
+Optional methods
+----------------
+
+Password provider classes may optionally provide the following methods.
+
+*class* ``SomeProvider.get_db_schema_files()``
+
+    This method, if implemented, should return an Iterable of ``(name,
+    stream)`` pairs of database schema files. Each file is applied in turn at
+    initialisation, and a record is then made in the database so that it is
+    not re-applied on the next start.