Log::Report::Translator(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			      Log::Report::Translator(3pm)

NAME

       Log::Report::Translator - base implementation for translating messages

INHERITANCE

	Log::Report::Translator is extended by
	  Log::Report::Translator::Gettext
	  Log::Report::Translator::POT

SYNOPSIS

	# internal infrastructure
	my $msg = Log::Report::Message->new(_msgid => "Hello World
");
	print Log::Report::Translator->new(...)->translate($msg);

	# normal use
	use Log::Report 'my-domain';
	print __"Hello World
";

DESCRIPTION

       A module (or distribution) has a certain way of translating messages, usually "gettext".  The translator is based on the "textdomain" for
       the message, which can be specified as option per text element, but usually is package scoped.

       This base class does not translate at all: it will use the MSGID (and MSGID_PLURAL if available).  It's a nice fallback if the language
       packs are not installed.

METHODS

   Constructors
       Log::Report::Translator->new(OPTIONS)
	    -Option --Default
	     charset  <from locale>
	     lexicon  <see text>

	   charset => STRING
	     When the locale contains a codeset in its name, then that will be used.  Otherwise, the default is "utf-8".

	   lexicon => DIRECTORY|ARRAY-of-DIRECTORYs
	     The DIRECTORY where the translations can be found.  See Log::Report::Lexicon::Index for the expected structure of such DIRECTORY.

	     The default is based on the location of the module which instantiates this translator.  The filename of the module is stripped from
	     its ".pm" extension, and used as directory name.  Within that directory, there must be a directory named "messages", which will be
	     the root directory of a Log::Report::Lexicon::Index.

	   example: default lexicon directory

	    # file xxx/perl5.8.8/My/Module.pm
	    use Log::Report 'my-domain'
	      , translator => Log::Report::Translator::POT->new;

	    # lexicon now in xxx/perl5.8.8/My/Module/messages/

   Accessors
       $obj->charset
	   Returns the default charset, which can be overrule by the locale.

       $obj->lexicons
	   Returns a list of Log::Report::Lexicon::Index objects, where the translation files may be located.

   Translating
       $obj->load(DOMAIN, LOCALE)
	   Load the translation information in the text DOMAIN for the indicated LOCALE.  Multiple calls to load() should not cost significant
	   performance: the data must be cached.

       $obj->translate(MESSAGE)
	   Returns the translation of the MESSAGE, a "Log::Report::Message" object, based on the current locale.

	   Translators are permitted to peek into the internal HASH of the message object, for performance reasons.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Log-Report distribution version 0.94, built on August 23, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/log-report/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2007-2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2011-08-23					      Log::Report::Translator(3pm)