diff --git a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
index a229d87..d0e80bd 100644
--- a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
+++ b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
@@ -84,4 +84,42 @@ export class FileUtils {
     }
 }
 
+export class DocumentDirectory {
+    constructor(filepath: string) {
+        if (fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
+            let stats = fs.lstatSync(filepath);
+            if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+                let contents = fs.readdirSync(filepath);
+                for (let i = 0, l = contents.length; i < l; i++) {
+                    console.log(contents[i]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw Error("attempted to scan non-directory");
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw Error("attempted to load document directory for non-existing directory");
+        }
+    }
+
+    children: FileNode[];
+
+}
+
+export class FileNode {
+
+}
+
+export class DirectoryNode extends FileNode {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    children: FileNode[];
+
+}
+
+export class DocumentNode extends FileNode {
+
+}
+