# HG changeset patch
# User jbe
# Date 1422614712 -3600
# Node ID 19a6d18bf34ec88d41e51e13af7d5ffa9bb59e65
# Parent  2916ad931f7e6f6d25415eefa5aed231fafc7c18
Added some comments to example_application.lua

diff -r 2916ad931f7e -r 19a6d18bf34e example_application.lua
--- a/example_application.lua	Fri Jan 30 00:27:28 2015 +0100
+++ b/example_application.lua	Fri Jan 30 11:45:12 2015 +0100
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 local http = require "moonbridge_http"
 
+-- preparation before forking:
 local documents = {}
 for i, document_name in ipairs{"example_webpage.html", "example_webpage.css"} do
   local file = assert(io.open(document_name))
-  documents[document_name] = file:read("*a")
+  documents[document_name] = file:read("*a")  -- store file contents in memory
   file:close()
 end
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
   
   -- preparation of process (executed after fork)
   prepare = function()
+    -- e.g. open database connection
   end,
   
   -- connection handler
@@ -77,10 +79,9 @@
         else
           local document_name = request.path
           local document_extension = string.match(document_name, "%.([^.])$")
-          local document = documents[document_name]
+          local document = documents[document_name]  -- loads file contents from memory
           if document then
             request:send_status("200 OK")
-
             if document_extension == "html" then
               request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=UTF-8")
             elseif document_extension == "css" then
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@
     
   -- executed on process termination
   finish = function()
+    -- e.g. close database connection
   end
 }