Infrastructure for a server notices room

Server Notices use a special room which the user can't dismiss. They are
created on demand when some other bit of the code calls send_notice.

(This doesn't actually do much yet becuse we don't call send_notice anywhere)

2 files changed, 89 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/config/homeserver.py b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
index fb6bd3b421..1dea2ad024 100644
--- a/synapse/config/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/config/homeserver.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from .spam_checker import SpamCheckerConfig
 from .groups import GroupsConfig
 from .user_directory import UserDirectoryConfig
 from .consent_config import ConsentConfig
+from .server_notices_config import ServerNoticesConfig
 
 
 class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@ class HomeServerConfig(TlsConfig, ServerConfig, DatabaseConfig, LoggingConfig,
                        JWTConfig, PasswordConfig, EmailConfig,
                        WorkerConfig, PasswordAuthProviderConfig, PushConfig,
                        SpamCheckerConfig, GroupsConfig, UserDirectoryConfig,
-                       ConsentConfig):
+                       ConsentConfig,
+                       ServerNoticesConfig,
+                       ):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/synapse/config/server_notices_config.py b/synapse/config/server_notices_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51ddcac112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/synapse/config/server_notices_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2018 New Vector Ltd
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from ._base import Config
+from synapse.types import UserID
+
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = """\
+# Server Notices room configuration
+#
+# Uncomment this section to enable a room which can be used to send notices
+# from the server to users. It is a special room which cannot be left; notices
+# come from a special "notices" user id.
+#
+# If you uncomment this section, you *must* define the system_mxid_localpart
+# setting, which defines the id of the user which will be used to send the
+# notices.
+#
+# It's also possible to override the room name, or the display name of the
+# "notices" user.
+#
+# server_notices:
+#   system_mxid_localpart: notices
+#   system_mxid_display_name: "Server Notices"
+#   room_name: "Server Notices"
+"""
+
+
+class ServerNoticesConfig(Config):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(ServerNoticesConfig, self).__init__()
+
+        """The MXID to use for server notices.
+
+        None if server notices are not enabled.
+
+        type: str|None
+        """
+        self.server_notices_mxid = None
+
+        """The display name to use for the server notices user.
+
+        None if server notices are not enabled.
+
+        type: str|None
+        """
+        self.server_notices_mxid_display_name = None
+
+        """The name to use for the server notices room.
+
+        None if server notices are not enabled.
+
+        (TODO: i18n)
+
+        type: str|None
+        """
+        self.server_notices_room_name = None
+
+    def read_config(self, config):
+        c = config.get("server_notices")
+        if c is None:
+            return
+
+        mxid_localpart = c['system_mxid_localpart']
+        self.server_notices_mxid = UserID(
+            mxid_localpart, self.server_name,
+        ).to_string()
+        self.server_notices_mxid_display_name = c.get(
+            'system_mxid_display_name', 'Server Notices',
+        )
+
+        self.server_notices_room_name = c.get('room_name', "Server Notices")
+
+    def default_config(self, **kwargs):
+        return DEFAULT_CONFIG