Kill off RegistrationError (#6691)

This is pretty pointless. Let's just use SynapseError.

changelog.d/6691.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove redundant RegistrationError class.

synapse/api/errors.py

@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ class UserDeactivatedError(SynapseError):
         )
 
 
-class RegistrationError(SynapseError):
-    """An error raised when a registration event fails."""
-
-    pass
-
-
 class FederationDeniedError(SynapseError):
     """An error raised when the server tries to federate with a server which
     is not on its federation whitelist.

synapse/handlers/register.py

@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse import types
 from synapse.api.constants import MAX_USERID_LENGTH, LoginType
-from synapse.api.errors import (
-    AuthError,
-    Codes,
-    ConsentNotGivenError,
-    RegistrationError,
-    SynapseError,
-)
+from synapse.api.errors import AuthError, Codes, ConsentNotGivenError, SynapseError
 from synapse.config.server import is_threepid_reserved
 from synapse.http.servlet import assert_params_in_dict
 from synapse.replication.http.login import RegisterDeviceReplicationServlet
@@ -165,7 +159,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
         Returns:
             Deferred[str]: user_id
         Raises:
-            RegistrationError if there was a problem registering.
+            SynapseError if there was a problem registering.
         """
         yield self.check_registration_ratelimit(address)
 
@@ -182,7 +176,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
             if not was_guest:
                 try:
                     int(localpart)
-                    raise RegistrationError(
+                    raise SynapseError(
                         400, "Numeric user IDs are reserved for guest users."
                     )
                 except ValueError:

tests/handlers/test_register.py

@@ -269,8 +269,6 @@ class RegistrationTestCase(unittest.HomeserverTestCase):
               one will be randomly generated.
         Returns:
             A tuple of (user_id, access_token).
-        Raises:
-            RegistrationError if there was a problem registering.
         """
         if localpart is None:
             raise SynapseError(400, "Request must include user id")