View Source Gettext.Backend behaviour (gettext v0.26.2)
Defines a Gettext backend.
Usage
A Gettext backend must use
this module.
defmodule MyApp.Gettext do
use Gettext.Backend, otp_app: :my_app
end
Using this module generates all the callbacks required by the Gettext.Backend
behaviour into the module that uses it. For more options and information,
see Gettext
.
use Gettext.Backend
Is a Recent FeatureBefore version v0.26.0, you could only
use Gettext
to generate a backend.Version v0.26.0 changes the way backends work so that now a Gettext backend must
use Gettext.Backend
, while to use the functions in the backend you will douse Gettext, backend: MyApp.Gettext
.
Summary
Callbacks
Default handling for missing bindings.
Default handling for plural messages with a missing message.
Default handling for messages with a missing message.
Translates a message.
Translates a plural message.
Callbacks
@callback handle_missing_bindings(Gettext.MissingBindingsError.t(), binary()) :: binary() | no_return()
Default handling for missing bindings.
This function is called when there are missing bindings in a message. It
takes a Gettext.MissingBindingsError
struct and the message with the
wrong bindings left as is with the %{}
syntax.
For example, if something like this is called:
gettext("Hello %{name}, your favorite color is %{color}", name: "Jane", color: "blue")
and our it/LC_MESSAGES/default.po
looks like this:
msgid "Hello %{name}, your favorite color is %{color}"
msgstr "Ciao %{name}, il tuo colore preferito è %{colour}" # (typo)
then Gettext will call:
MyApp.Gettext.handle_missing_bindings(exception, "Ciao Jane, il tuo colore preferito è %{colour}")
where exception
is a struct that looks like this:
%Gettext.MissingBindingsError{
backend: MyApp.Gettext,
domain: "default",
locale: "it",
msgid: "Ciao %{name}, il tuo colore preferito è %{colour}",
bindings: [:colour],
}
The return value of the handle_missing_bindings/2
callback is used as the
translated string that the message macros and functions return.
The default implementation for this function uses Logger.error/1
to warn
about the missing binding and returns the translated message with the
incomplete bindings.
This function can be overridden. For example, to raise when there are missing bindings:
def handle_missing_bindings(exception, _incomplete) do
raise exception
end
handle_missing_plural_translation(locale, domain, msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n, bindings)
View Source@callback handle_missing_plural_translation( Gettext.locale(), domain :: String.t(), msgctxt :: String.t(), msgid :: String.t(), msgid_plural :: String.t(), n :: non_neg_integer(), bindings :: map() ) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:default, String.t()} | {:missing_bindings, String.t(), [atom()]}
Default handling for plural messages with a missing message.
Same as handle_missing_translation/5
, but for plural messages.
In this case, n
is the number used for pluralizing the translated string.
Earlier versions of this library provided a callback without msgctxt. Users implementing that callback will still get the same results, but they are encouraged to switch to the new 7-argument version.
handle_missing_translation(locale, domain, msgctxt, msgid, bindings)
View Source@callback handle_missing_translation( Gettext.locale(), domain :: String.t(), msgctxt :: String.t(), msgid :: String.t(), bindings :: map() ) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:default, String.t()} | {:missing_bindings, String.t(), [atom()]}
Default handling for messages with a missing message.
When a Gettext function/macro is called with a string to translate
into a locale but that locale doesn't provide a message for that
string, this callback is invoked. msgid
is the string that Gettext
tried to translate.
This function should return {:ok, translated}
if a message can be
fetched or constructed for the given string. If you cannot find a
message, it should return {:default, translated}
, where the
translated string defaults to the interpolated msgid. You can, however,
customize the default to, for example, pick the message from the
default locale. The important is to return :default
instead of :ok
whenever the result does not quite match the requested locale.
Earlier versions of this library provided a callback without msgctxt. Users implementing that callback will still get the same results, but they are encouraged to switch to the new 5-argument version.
@callback lgettext( Gettext.locale(), domain :: String.t(), msgctxt :: String.t() | nil, msgid :: String.t(), bindings :: map() ) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:default, String.t()} | {:missing_bindings, String.t(), [atom()]}
Translates a message.
See Gettext.gettext/3
for more information.
lngettext(locale, domain, msgctxt, msgid, msgid_plural, n, bindings)
View Source (since 0.26.0)@callback lngettext( Gettext.locale(), domain :: String.t(), msgctxt :: String.t() | nil, msgid :: String.t(), msgid_plural :: String.t(), n :: non_neg_integer(), bindings :: map() ) :: {:ok, String.t()} | {:default, String.t()} | {:missing_bindings, String.t(), [atom()]}
Translates a plural message.
See Gettext.ngettext/5
for more information.