--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/contenttransformer/app.py	Mon Jan 11 11:32:24 2010 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import os
+import sys
+from fnmatch import fnmatch
+from paste.fileapp import FileApp
+from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
+
+class FileTypeTransformer(object):
+    transformers = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, *types, **kwargs):
+        """types is a list of two-tuples: glob pattern (string), transformer name (string, name of entry point)"""
+        self.types = types
+        self.kwargs = kwargs # intended to be arguments to the xformers
+        for blah in iter_entry_points('content_transformers'):
+            try:
+                self.transformers['foo'] = entry_point.load()
+            except:
+                raise
+        for pattern, transformer_name in self.types:
+            assert transformer_name in self.transformers
+
+    def __call__(self, path):
+        """this should return something that is callable with (environ, start_response) to return a response; the transformer thing"""
+        filename = os.path.basename(path)
+        for pattern, transformer_name in self.types:
+            if fnmatch(filename, pattern):
+                content = file(path).read()
+                return self.transformers[transformer_name](content)
+        return FileApp(path)