--- a/dogdish/dispatcher.py	Wed Oct 17 10:08:14 2012 -0700
+++ b/dogdish/dispatcher.py	Wed Oct 17 10:18:28 2012 -0700
@@ -10,9 +10,21 @@
 from urlparse import urlparse
 from webob import Request
 from webob import Response, exc
+from ConfigParser import RawConfigParser as ConfigParser
 
 here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 
+
+class Application(object):
+    """class for storing application.ini data"""
+
+    def __init__(self, filename):
+        """
+        - filename : path to an application.ini file
+        """
+
+### request handlers
+
 class Handler(object):
     """abstract handler object for a request"""
 
@@ -75,12 +87,20 @@
     defaults = {'directory': here}
 
     def __init__(self, **kw):
+
+        # set defaults
         for key in self.defaults:
             setattr(self, key, kw.get(key, self.defaults[key]))
         self.handlers = [ Get ]
+        self.updates = {}
+        self.current_update = None
 
-    ### methods dealing with HTTP
+        # scan directory
+        self.scan()
+
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        """WSGI application"""
+
         request = Request(environ)
         for h in self.handlers:
             if h.match(request):
@@ -91,21 +111,32 @@
         res = handler()
         return res(environ, start_response)
 
+    def scan(self):
+        """scan the directory for updates"""
+        contents = os.listdir(self.directory)
+
+
 def main(args=sys.argv[1:]):
     """CLI entry point"""
 
+    # imports for CLI
     import optparse
     from wsgiref import simple_server
 
+    # parse CLI options
     parser = optparse.OptionParser()
-
     parser.add_option('-p', '--port', dest='port',
                       default=8080, type='int',
                       help="port to serve on")
+    parser.add_option('-d', '--directory', dest='directory',
+                      default=os.getcwd(),
+                      help="directory of update files")
     options, args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    app = Dispatcher()
+    # create the app
+    app = Dispatcher(directory=options.directory)
 
+    # serve the app
     print "http://localhost:%s/" % options.port
     server = simple_server.make_server(host='0.0.0.0', port=options.port, app=app)
     server.serve_forever()