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+from typing import Any, List, Optional
+
+from synapse.config import (
+ api,
+ appservice,
+ captcha,
+ cas,
+ consent_config,
+ database,
+ emailconfig,
+ groups,
+ jwt_config,
+ key,
+ logger,
+ metrics,
+ password,
+ password_auth_providers,
+ push,
+ ratelimiting,
+ registration,
+ repository,
+ room_directory,
+ saml2_config,
+ server,
+ server_notices_config,
+ spam_checker,
+ stats,
+ third_party_event_rules,
+ tls,
+ tracer,
+ user_directory,
+ voip,
+ workers,
+)
+
+class ConfigError(Exception): ...
+
+MISSING_REPORT_STATS_CONFIG_INSTRUCTIONS: str
+MISSING_REPORT_STATS_SPIEL: str
+MISSING_SERVER_NAME: str
+
+def path_exists(file_path: str): ...
+
+class RootConfig:
+ server: server.ServerConfig
+ tls: tls.TlsConfig
+ database: database.DatabaseConfig
+ logging: logger.LoggingConfig
+ ratelimit: ratelimiting.RatelimitConfig
+ media: repository.ContentRepositoryConfig
+ captcha: captcha.CaptchaConfig
+ voip: voip.VoipConfig
+ registration: registration.RegistrationConfig
+ metrics: metrics.MetricsConfig
+ api: api.ApiConfig
+ appservice: appservice.AppServiceConfig
+ key: key.KeyConfig
+ saml2: saml2_config.SAML2Config
+ cas: cas.CasConfig
+ jwt: jwt_config.JWTConfig
+ password: password.PasswordConfig
+ email: emailconfig.EmailConfig
+ worker: workers.WorkerConfig
+ authproviders: password_auth_providers.PasswordAuthProviderConfig
+ push: push.PushConfig
+ spamchecker: spam_checker.SpamCheckerConfig
+ groups: groups.GroupsConfig
+ userdirectory: user_directory.UserDirectoryConfig
+ consent: consent_config.ConsentConfig
+ stats: stats.StatsConfig
+ servernotices: server_notices_config.ServerNoticesConfig
+ roomdirectory: room_directory.RoomDirectoryConfig
+ thirdpartyrules: third_party_event_rules.ThirdPartyRulesConfig
+ tracer: tracer.TracerConfig
+
+ config_classes: List = ...
+ def __init__(self) -> None: ...
+ def invoke_all(self, func_name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def invoke_all_static(cls, func_name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None: ...
+ def __getattr__(self, item: str): ...
+ def parse_config_dict(
+ self,
+ config_dict: Any,
+ config_dir_path: Optional[Any] = ...,
+ data_dir_path: Optional[Any] = ...,
+ ) -> None: ...
+ read_config: Any = ...
+ def generate_config(
+ self,
+ config_dir_path: str,
+ data_dir_path: str,
+ server_name: str,
+ generate_secrets: bool = ...,
+ report_stats: Optional[str] = ...,
+ open_private_ports: bool = ...,
+ listeners: Optional[Any] = ...,
+ database_conf: Optional[Any] = ...,
+ tls_certificate_path: Optional[str] = ...,
+ tls_private_key_path: Optional[str] = ...,
+ acme_domain: Optional[str] = ...,
+ ): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def load_or_generate_config(cls, description: Any, argv: Any): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def load_config(cls, description: Any, argv: Any): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def add_arguments_to_parser(cls, config_parser: Any) -> None: ...
+ @classmethod
+ def load_config_with_parser(cls, parser: Any, argv: Any): ...
+ def generate_missing_files(
+ self, config_dict: dict, config_dir_path: str
+ ) -> None: ...
+
+class Config:
+ root: RootConfig
+ def __init__(self, root_config: Optional[RootConfig] = ...) -> None: ...
+ def __getattr__(self, item: str, from_root: bool = ...): ...
+ @staticmethod
+ def parse_size(value: Any): ...
+ @staticmethod
+ def parse_duration(value: Any): ...
+ @staticmethod
+ def abspath(file_path: Optional[str]): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def path_exists(cls, file_path: str): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def check_file(cls, file_path: str, config_name: str): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def ensure_directory(cls, dir_path: str): ...
+ @classmethod
+ def read_file(cls, file_path: str, config_name: str): ...
+
+def read_config_files(config_files: List[str]): ...
+def find_config_files(search_paths: List[str]): ...
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