@kogito-tooling/i18n v0.11.0

Kogito Tooling i18n

This package provides a type-safe i18n library for a Typescript project.

Install

Can be installed with yarn or npm:

• yarn add @kogito-tooling/i18n
• npm install @kogito-tooling/i18n

Usage

The library is separated into two submodules:

• core All core functionalities, which includes the types, and the I18n class. to use the core: import * as I18nCore from "@kogito-tooling/i18n/dist/core"

• react-components

  All components and types necessaries to integrate on your React project.

  to use the React components: import * as I18nReact from "@kogito-tooling/i18n/dist/react-components"

Examples

• Typescript
• React

Core

Class

The core class I18n is under the core submodule "@kogito-tooling/i18n/dist/core".

• Constructor

defaults: I18nDefaults<D>
dictionaries: I18nDictionaries<D>
initialLocale?: string

If no initialLocale is provide the default locale will be used as initialLocale

• Available Methods

// Get the current locale
getLocale(): string

// Get the current dictionary
getCurrent(): D

// Set a new locale
setLocale(locale: string): void

Types

• ReferenceDictionary<D> The type of the default dictionary

• TranslatedDictionary<D> The type of any other dictionary that isn't the default.

• I18nDefaults<D> The type of the default configs to be used on the I18nDictionariesProvider component or I18n class.

interface I18nDefaults<D extends ReferenceDictionary<D>> {
  locale: string; // current locale
  dictionary: D; // default dictionary
}

• I18nDictionaries<D> The type of the dictionaries to be used on the I18nDictionariesProvider component or I18n class.

type I18nDictionaries<D extends ReferenceDictionary<D>> = Map<string, TranslatedDictionary<D>>;

React

Components

• <I18nDictionariesProvider> Provides your implementation of I18nContextType

• <I18nHtml> Renders a string with HTML tags

Be aware: the <I18nHtml> component uses the dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop.

Types

• I18nContextType<D> The context type use by <I18nDictionaryProvider>, provides an object with the following properties:

interface I18nContextType<D extends ReferenceDictionary<D>> {
  locale: string; // current locale
  setLocale: React.Dispatch<string>; // a function to set the desired locale
  i18n: D; // Dictionary
}