Merge pull request #8678 from matrix-org/rav/fix_frozen_events

Fix serialisation errors when using third-party event rules.

synapse/util/__init__.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import logging
 import re
 
 import attr
+from frozendict import frozendict
 
 from twisted.internet import defer, task
 
@@ -31,9 +32,26 @@ def _reject_invalid_json(val):
     raise ValueError("Invalid JSON value: '%s'" % val)
 
 
-# Create a custom encoder to reduce the whitespace produced by JSON encoding and
-# ensure that valid JSON is produced.
-json_encoder = json.JSONEncoder(allow_nan=False, separators=(",", ":"))
+def _handle_frozendict(obj):
+    """Helper for json_encoder. Makes frozendicts serializable by returning
+    the underlying dict
+    """
+    if type(obj) is frozendict:
+        # fishing the protected dict out of the object is a bit nasty,
+        # but we don't really want the overhead of copying the dict.
+        return obj._dict
+    raise TypeError(
+        "Object of type %s is not JSON serializable" % obj.__class__.__name__
+    )
+
+
+# A custom JSON encoder which:
+#   * handles frozendicts
+#   * produces valid JSON (no NaNs etc)
+#   * reduces redundant whitespace
+json_encoder = json.JSONEncoder(
+    allow_nan=False, separators=(",", ":"), default=_handle_frozendict
+)
 
 # Create a custom decoder to reject Python extensions to JSON.
 json_decoder = json.JSONDecoder(parse_constant=_reject_invalid_json)

synapse/util/frozenutils.py

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import json
-
 from frozendict import frozendict
 
 
@@ -49,23 +47,3 @@ def unfreeze(o):
         pass
 
     return o
-
-
-def _handle_frozendict(obj):
-    """Helper for EventEncoder. Makes frozendicts serializable by returning
-    the underlying dict
-    """
-    if type(obj) is frozendict:
-        # fishing the protected dict out of the object is a bit nasty,
-        # but we don't really want the overhead of copying the dict.
-        return obj._dict
-    raise TypeError(
-        "Object of type %s is not JSON serializable" % obj.__class__.__name__
-    )
-
-
-# A JSONEncoder which is capable of encoding frozendicts without barfing.
-# Additionally reduce the whitespace produced by JSON encoding.
-frozendict_json_encoder = json.JSONEncoder(
-    allow_nan=False, separators=(",", ":"), default=_handle_frozendict,
-)