rex

A simple i18n adapter interface for Crystal

Rex

Rex is a simple i18n adapter interface for Crystal. It allows a shard to define translatable text, enabling apps that require the shard to use any i18n shard of choice as backend.

Installation

  1. Add the dependency to your shard.yml:

    dependencies:
      rex:
        github: GrottoPress/rex
    
  2. Run shards update

  3. Require Rex:

    # ...
    require "rex"
    # ...
    

Usage

  1. Call the i18n helpers in your shard as required:

    # Translation
    Rex.t(:some_key, name: "Ama")
    Rex.t("some_key", {name: "John"})
    Rex.t("some.key", 45, "Judith")
    Rex.t(:another_key)
    
    # Localization
    Rex.l(Time.utc)
    Rex.l(123_456, :arg)
    
  2. The consumer application defines their adapter:

    # ->>> src/config/i18n.cr
    
    require "some_i18n_shard"
    
    struct SomeAppI18nAdapter
      include Rex::Adapter
    
      def translate(key : String | Symbol, *args) : String
        # You may use any i18n shard as backend
        Somei18nShard.translate(key, *args)
      end
    
      def localize(value, *args) : String
        # You may use any i18n shard as backend
        Somei18nShard.localize(value, *args)
      end
    
      # You may add more `#translate` and `#localize` overloads
      # as needed
    end
    
  3. The consumer application configures Rex to use this adapter:

    # ->>> src/config/i18n.cr
    
    Rex.configure do |settings|
      settings.adapter = SomeAppI18nAdapter.new
    end
    

    If the i18n backend evaluates translations at compile time (eg: Rosetta), the application should define a Rex.t macro instead:

    # ->>> src/config/i18n.cr
    
    module Rex
      macro t(text, **named_args)
        Rosetta.find({{ text.id.stringify }})
          .t({{ named_args unless named_args.empty? }})
      end
    end
    
  4. The consumer application sets up translations according to whatever backend they are using.

Testing

Rex comes with Rex::DevAdapter which may be used for tests:

# ->>> spec/my_app/some_spec.cr

Rex.temp_config(adapter: Rex::DevAdapter.new) do
  # ...
  # `Rex::DevAdapter` returns the key passed to `Rex.t` unchanged
  Rex.t(:some_key, {name: "Kwame"}).should(eq "some_key")
  # ...
end

Development

Run tests with crystal spec.

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Switch to the master branch: git checkout master
  3. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
  4. Make your changes, updating changelog and documentation as appropriate.
  5. Commit your changes: git commit
  6. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
  7. Submit a new Pull Request against the GrottoPress:master branch.
Repository

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License

MIT License

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