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diff --git a/docs/architecture.rst b/docs/architecture.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 98050428b9..0000000000 --- a/docs/architecture.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ -Synapse Architecture -==================== - -As of the end of Oct 2014, Synapse's overall architecture looks like:: - - synapse - .-----------------------------------------------------. - | Notifier | - | ^ | | - | | | | - | .------------|------. | - | | handlers/ | | | - | | v | | - | | Event*Handler <--------> rest/* <=> Client - | | Rooms*Handler | | - HSes <=> federation/* <==> FederationHandler | | - | | | PresenceHandler | | - | | | TypingHandler | | - | | '-------------------' | - | | | | | - | | state/* | | - | | | | | - | | v v | - | `--------------> storage/* | - | | | - '--------------------------|--------------------------' - v - .----. - | DB | - '----' - -* Handlers: business logic of synapse itself. Follows a set contract of BaseHandler: - - - BaseHandler gives us onNewRoomEvent which: (TODO: flesh this out and make it less cryptic): - - + handle_state(event) - + auth(event) - + persist_event(event) - + notify notifier or federation(event) - - - PresenceHandler: use distributor to get EDUs out of Federation. Very - lightweight logic built on the distributor - - TypingHandler: use distributor to get EDUs out of Federation. Very - lightweight logic built on the distributor - - EventsHandler: handles the events stream... - - FederationHandler: - gets PDU from Federation Layer; turns into an event; - follows basehandler functionality. - - RoomsHandler: does all the room logic, including members - lots of classes in - RoomsHandler. - - ProfileHandler: talks to the storage to store/retrieve profile info. - -* EventFactory: generates events of particular event types. -* Notifier: Backs the events handler -* REST: Interfaces handlers and events to the outside world via HTTP/JSON. - Converts events back and forth from JSON. -* Federation: holds the HTTP client & server to talk to other servers. Does - replication to make sure there's nothing missing in the graph. Handles - reliability. Handles txns. -* Distributor: generic event bus. used for presence & typing only currently. - Notifier could be implemented using Distributor - so far we are only using for - things which actually /require/ dynamic pluggability however as it can - obfuscate the actual flow of control. -* Auth: helper singleton to say whether a given event is allowed to do a given - thing (TODO: put this on the diagram) -* State: helper singleton: does state conflict resolution. You give it an event - and it tells you if it actually updates the state or not, and annotates the - event up properly and handles merge conflict resolution. -* Storage: abstracts the storage engine. |