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# Authors::   Matt Aimonetti (http://railsontherun.com/),
#             Sven Fuchs (http://www.artweb-design.de),
#             Joshua Harvey (http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/759-joshua-harvey),
#             Saimon Moore (http://saimonmoore.net),
#             Stephan Soller (http://www.arkanis-development.de/) 
# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 The Ruby i18n Team
# License::   MIT
require 'i18n/backend/simple'
require 'i18n/exceptions'

module I18n  
  @@backend = nil
  @@default_locale = 'en-US'
  @@exception_handler = :default_exception_handler
    
  class << self
    # Returns the current backend. Defaults to +Backend::Simple+.
    def backend
      @@backend ||= Backend::Simple.new
    end
    
    # Sets the current backend. Used to set a custom backend.
    def backend=(backend) 
      @@backend = backend
    end
  
    # Returns the current default locale. Defaults to 'en-US'
    def default_locale
      @@default_locale 
    end
    
    # Sets the current default locale. Used to set a custom default locale.
    def default_locale=(locale) 
      @@default_locale = locale 
    end
    
    # Returns the current locale. Defaults to I18n.default_locale.
    def locale
      Thread.current[:locale] ||= default_locale
    end

    # Sets the current locale pseudo-globally, i.e. in the Thread.current hash.
    def locale=(locale)
      Thread.current[:locale] = locale
    end
    
    # Sets the exception handler.
    def exception_handler=(exception_handler)
      @@exception_handler = exception_handler
    end
    
    # Allows client libraries to pass arguments that specify a source for 
    # translation data to be loaded by the backend. The backend defines
    # acceptable sources. 
    # E.g. the provided SimpleBackend accepts a list of paths to translation
    # files which are either named *.rb and contain plain Ruby Hashes or are
    # named *.yml and contain YAML data.)
    def load_translations(*args)
      backend.load_translations(*args)
    end
    
    # Translates, pluralizes and interpolates a given key using a given locale, 
    # scope, and default, as well as interpolation values.
    #
    # *LOOKUP*
    #
    # Translation data is organized as a nested hash using the upper-level keys 
    # as namespaces. <em>E.g.</em>, ActionView ships with the translation: 
    # <tt>:date => {:formats => {:short => "%b %d"}}</tt>.
    # 
    # Translations can be looked up at any level of this hash using the key argument 
    # and the scope option. <em>E.g.</em>, in this example <tt>I18n.t :date</tt> 
    # returns the whole translations hash <tt>{:formats => {:short => "%b %d"}}</tt>.
    # 
    # Key can be either a single key or a dot-separated key (both Strings and Symbols 
    # work). <em>E.g.</em>, the short format can be looked up using both:
    #   I18n.t 'date.formats.short'
    #   I18n.t :'date.formats.short'
    # 
    # Scope can be either a single key, a dot-separated key or an array of keys
    # or dot-separated keys. Keys and scopes can be combined freely. So these
    # examples will all look up the same short date format:
    #   I18n.t 'date.formats.short'
    #   I18n.t 'formats.short', :scope => 'date'
    #   I18n.t 'short', :scope => 'date.formats'
    #   I18n.t 'short', :scope => %w(date formats)
    #
    # *INTERPOLATION*
    #
    # Translations can contain interpolation variables which will be replaced by
    # values passed to #translate as part of the options hash, with the keys matching
    # the interpolation variable names. 
    #
    # <em>E.g.</em>, with a translation <tt>:foo => "foo {{bar}}"</tt> the option 
    # value for the key +bar+ will be interpolated into the translation:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :bar => 'baz' # => 'foo baz'
    #
    # *PLURALIZATION*
    #
    # Translation data can contain pluralized translations. Pluralized translations
    # are arrays of singluar/plural versions of translations like <tt>['Foo', 'Foos']</tt>.
    #
    # Note that <tt>I18n::Backend::Simple</tt> only supports an algorithm for English 
    # pluralization rules. Other algorithms can be supported by custom backends.
    #
    # This returns the singular version of a pluralized translation:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 1 # => 'Foo'
    #
    # These both return the plural version of a pluralized translation:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 0 # => 'Foos'
    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 2 # => 'Foos'
    # 
    # The <tt>:count</tt> option can be used both for pluralization and interpolation. 
    # <em>E.g.</em>, with the translation 
    # <tt>:foo => ['{{count}} foo', '{{count}} foos']</tt>, count will
    # be interpolated to the pluralized translation:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 1 # => '1 foo'
    #
    # *DEFAULTS*
    #
    # This returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or <tt>default</tt> if no translation was found:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => 'default'
    #
    # This returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or the translation for <tt>:bar</tt> if no 
    # translation for <tt>:foo</tt> was found:
    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => :bar
    #
    # Returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or the translation for <tt>:bar</tt> 
    # or <tt>default</tt> if no translations for <tt>:foo</tt> and <tt>:bar</tt> were found.
    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => [:bar, 'default']
    #
    # <b>BULK LOOKUP</b>
    #
    # This returns an array with the translations for <tt>:foo</tt> and <tt>:bar</tt>.
    #   I18n.t [:foo, :bar]
    #
    # Can be used with dot-separated nested keys:
    #   I18n.t [:'baz.foo', :'baz.bar']
    #
    # Which is the same as using a scope option:
    #   I18n.t [:foo, :bar], :scope => :baz
    def translate(key, options = {})
      locale = options.delete(:locale) || I18n.locale
      backend.translate locale, key, options
    rescue I18n::ArgumentError => e
      raise e if options[:raise]
      send @@exception_handler, e, locale, key, options
    end        
    alias :t :translate
    
    # Localizes certain objects, such as dates and numbers to local formatting.
    def localize(object, options = {})
      locale = options[:locale] || I18n.locale
      format = options[:format] || :default
      backend.localize(locale, object, format)
    end
    alias :l :localize
    
  protected
    # Handles exceptions raised in the backend. All exceptions except for
    # MissingTranslationData exceptions are re-raised. When a MissingTranslationData
    # was caught and the option :raise is not set the handler returns an error
    # message string containing the key/scope.
    def default_exception_handler(exception, locale, key, options)
      return exception.message if MissingTranslationData === exception
      raise exception
    end
          
    # Merges the given locale, key and scope into a single array of keys.
    # Splits keys that contain dots into multiple keys. Makes sure all
    # keys are Symbols.
    def normalize_translation_keys(locale, key, scope)
      keys = [locale] + Array(scope) + [key]
      keys = keys.map{|k| k.to_s.split(/\./) }
      keys.flatten.map{|k| k.to_sym}
    end
  end
end