Merge pull request #2082 from matrix-org/erikj/repl_tcp_server

Replace HTTP replication with TCP replication (Server side part)

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Vector Creations 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.
+
+"""This module implements the TCP replication protocol used by synapse to
+communicate between the master process and its workers (when they're enabled).
+
+Further details can be found in docs/tcp_replication.rst
+
+
+Structure of the module:
+ * client.py   - the client classes used for workers to connect to master
+ * command.py  - the definitions of all the valid commands
+ * protocol.py - contains bot the client and server protocol implementations,
+                 these should not be used directly
+ * resource.py - the server classes that accepts and handle client connections
+ * streams.py  - the definitons of all the valid streams
+
+"""