1 files changed, 24 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py
index a07a01278a..5ec89d0fb8 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/commands.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 The VALID_SERVER_COMMANDS and VALID_CLIENT_COMMANDS define which commands are
 allowed to be sent by which side.
 """
-
+import abc
 import logging
 import platform
 from typing import Tuple, Type
@@ -34,34 +34,29 @@ else:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class Command(object):
+class Command(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     """The base command class.
 
     All subclasses must set the NAME variable which equates to the name of the
     command on the wire.
 
     A full command line on the wire is constructed from `NAME + " " + to_line()`
-
-    The default implementation creates a command of form `<NAME> <data>`
     """
 
     NAME = None  # type: str
 
-    def __init__(self, data):
-        self.data = data
-
     @classmethod
+    @abc.abstractmethod
     def from_line(cls, line):
         """Deserialises a line from the wire into this command. `line` does not
         include the command.
         """
-        return cls(line)
 
-    def to_line(self):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def to_line(self) -> str:
         """Serialises the comamnd for the wire. Does not include the command
         prefix.
         """
-        return self.data
 
     def get_logcontext_id(self):
         """Get a suitable string for the logcontext when processing this command"""
@@ -70,7 +65,21 @@ class Command(object):
         return self.NAME
 
 
-class ServerCommand(Command):
+class _SimpleCommand(Command):
+    """An implementation of Command whose argument is just a 'data' string."""
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        self.data = data
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line):
+        return cls(line)
+
+    def to_line(self) -> str:
+        return self.data
+
+
+class ServerCommand(_SimpleCommand):
     """Sent by the server on new connection and includes the server_name.
 
     Format::
@@ -155,7 +164,7 @@ class PositionCommand(Command):
         return " ".join((self.stream_name, str(self.token)))
 
 
-class ErrorCommand(Command):
+class ErrorCommand(_SimpleCommand):
     """Sent by either side if there was an ERROR. The data is a string describing
     the error.
     """
@@ -163,14 +172,14 @@ class ErrorCommand(Command):
     NAME = "ERROR"
 
 
-class PingCommand(Command):
+class PingCommand(_SimpleCommand):
     """Sent by either side as a keep alive. The data is arbitary (often timestamp)
     """
 
     NAME = "PING"
 
 
-class NameCommand(Command):
+class NameCommand(_SimpleCommand):
     """Sent by client to inform the server of the client's identity. The data
     is the name
     """
@@ -387,7 +396,7 @@ class UserIpCommand(Command):
         )
 
 
-class RemoteServerUpCommand(Command):
+class RemoteServerUpCommand(_SimpleCommand):
     """Sent when a worker has detected that a remote server is no longer
     "down" and retry timings should be reset.