Standardise the module interface (#10062)

This PR adds a common configuration section for all modules (see docs). These modules are then loaded at startup by the homeserver. Modules register their hooks and web resources using the new `register_[...]_callbacks` and `register_web_resource` methods of the module API.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/_base.pyi b/synapse/config/_base.pyi

index 4e7bfa8b3b..844ecd4708 100644
--- a/synapse/config/_base.pyi
+++ b/synapse/config/_base.pyi
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from synapse.config import (
     key,
     logger,
     metrics,
+    modules,
     oidc,
     password_auth_providers,
     push,
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class RootConfig:
     thirdpartyrules: third_party_event_rules.ThirdPartyRulesConfig
     tracer: tracer.TracerConfig
     redis: redis.RedisConfig
+    modules: modules.ModulesConfig
 
     config_classes: List = ...
     def __init__(self) -> None: ...