1 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/server.py b/synapse/http/server.py
index e464bfe6c7..d69d579b3a 100644
--- a/synapse/http/server.py
+++ b/synapse/http/server.py
@@ -22,10 +22,22 @@ import types
 import urllib
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from io import BytesIO
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Tuple, Union
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Awaitable,
+    Callable,
+    Dict,
+    Iterable,
+    Iterator,
+    List,
+    Pattern,
+    Tuple,
+    Union,
+)
 
 import jinja2
 from canonicaljson import iterencode_canonical_json
+from typing_extensions import Protocol
 from zope.interface import implementer
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, interfaces
@@ -168,11 +180,25 @@ def wrap_async_request_handler(h):
     return preserve_fn(wrapped_async_request_handler)
 
 
-class HttpServer:
+# Type of a callback method for processing requests
+# it is actually called with a SynapseRequest and a kwargs dict for the params,
+# but I can't figure out how to represent that.
+ServletCallback = Callable[
+    ..., Union[None, Awaitable[None], Tuple[int, Any], Awaitable[Tuple[int, Any]]]
+]
+
+
+class HttpServer(Protocol):
     """ Interface for registering callbacks on a HTTP server
     """
 
-    def register_paths(self, method, path_patterns, callback):
+    def register_paths(
+        self,
+        method: str,
+        path_patterns: Iterable[Pattern],
+        callback: ServletCallback,
+        servlet_classname: str,
+    ) -> None:
         """ Register a callback that gets fired if we receive a http request
         with the given method for a path that matches the given regex.
 
@@ -180,12 +206,14 @@ class HttpServer:
         an unpacked tuple.
 
         Args:
-            method (str): The method to listen to.
-            path_patterns (list<SRE_Pattern>): The regex used to match requests.
-            callback (function): The function to fire if we receive a matched
+            method: The HTTP method to listen to.
+            path_patterns: The regex used to match requests.
+            callback: The function to fire if we receive a matched
                 request. The first argument will be the request object and
                 subsequent arguments will be any matched groups from the regex.
-                This should return a tuple of (code, response).
+                This should return either tuple of (code, response), or None.
+            servlet_classname (str): The name of the handler to be used in prometheus
+                and opentracing logs.
         """
         pass
 
@@ -354,7 +382,7 @@ class JsonResource(DirectServeJsonResource):
 
     def _get_handler_for_request(
         self, request: SynapseRequest
-    ) -> Tuple[Callable, str, Dict[str, str]]:
+    ) -> Tuple[ServletCallback, str, Dict[str, str]]:
         """Finds a callback method to handle the given request.
 
         Returns: