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-rw-r--r--synapse/federation/federation_server.py11
-rw-r--r--synapse/replication/http/federation.py17
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
index d23c1cf13b..3bc26c4ab4 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/federation_server.py
@@ -811,6 +811,13 @@ class FederationHandlerRegistry(object):
 
 
 class ReplicationFederationHandlerRegistry(FederationHandlerRegistry):
+    """A FederationHandlerRegistry for worker processes.
+
+    When receiving EDU or queries it will check if an appropriate handler has
+    been registered on the worker, if there isn't one then it calls off to the
+    master process.
+    """
+
     def __init__(self, hs):
         self.config = hs.config
         self.http_client = hs.get_simple_http_client()
@@ -822,6 +829,8 @@ class ReplicationFederationHandlerRegistry(FederationHandlerRegistry):
         super(ReplicationFederationHandlerRegistry, self).__init__()
 
     def on_edu(self, edu_type, origin, content):
+        """Overrides FederationHandlerRegistry
+        """
         handler = self.edu_handlers.get(edu_type)
         if handler:
             return super(ReplicationFederationHandlerRegistry, self).on_edu(
@@ -835,6 +844,8 @@ class ReplicationFederationHandlerRegistry(FederationHandlerRegistry):
         )
 
     def on_query(self, query_type, args):
+        """Overrides FederationHandlerRegistry
+        """
         handler = self.query_handlers.get(query_type)
         if handler:
             return handler(args)
diff --git a/synapse/replication/http/federation.py b/synapse/replication/http/federation.py
index 3fa7bd64c7..3e6cbbf5a1 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/http/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/http/federation.py
@@ -157,6 +157,15 @@ class ReplicationFederationSendEventsRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
 class ReplicationFederationSendEduRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
     """Handles EDUs newly received from federation, including persisting and
     notifying.
+
+    Request format:
+
+        POST /_synapse/replication/fed_send_edu/:edu_type/:txn_id
+
+        {
+            "origin": ...,
+            "content: { ... }
+        }
     """
 
     NAME = "fed_send_edu"
@@ -196,6 +205,14 @@ class ReplicationFederationSendEduRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
 
 class ReplicationGetQueryRestServlet(ReplicationEndpoint):
     """Handle responding to queries from federation.
+
+    Request format:
+
+        POST /_synapse/replication/fed_query/:query_type
+
+        {
+            "args": { ... }
+        }
     """
 
     NAME = "fed_query"