gulp-i18n-ui5 v1.0.5

Plugin gulp-i18n-ui5

The plugin is used for simplify work with translations in OpenUI5 or SAPUI5 framework. The plugin searches views and source code of project in OpenUI5 or SAPUI5 framework for translation tokens and automatically update translation file used by the framework.

The plugin searches patterns:

• __("MSGID")
• getText("MSGID")
• "{i18n>MSGID}"
• "{@i18n>MSGID}"

in default configuration. Then activate/deactivate/add messages in/to i18n.properties file which is used for the translations.

Install

	npm install gulp-18n-ui5

Usage

Just import plugin to gulp file and use it.

	const i18n = require("gulp-i18n-ui5");

	var translationFiles = ["webapp/**/*.js", "webapp/manifest.json", "webapp/**/*.xml"];

	gulp.task("i18n", function() {
		return gulp.src(translationFiles)
			.pipe(i18n("webapp/lang/i18n.properties"))
			.pipe(gulp.dest("./"));
	});

Advanced configuration

• noDeactivateTokens - Tokens which is not deactivated when does not exits in source code workaround for dynamically used translations
• patterns - array of patterns used to search trnanslaton messagees
• patterns[].pattern - definition of pattern
• patterns[].fileExtension - for which file extension is pattern used
• output - definiton of output file
• output.fileName - name of file with translation messages
• output.pattern - pattern which define translation line

Example with advanced configuration

	const i18n = require("gulp-i18n-ui5");

	var configuration = {
		patterns: [{
			fileExtensions: ["xml", "html"],
			pattern: "\\{i18n>([^}]+)\\}"
		}, {
			fileExtensions: ["json"],
			pattern: "\\{\\{([^}]+)\\}\\}"
		}, {
			fileExtensions: ["js"],
			pattern: "(?:getText|__)\\([\"']([^\"']+)[\"']"
		}],
		output: {
			fileName: "webapp/i18n/i18n.properties",
			pattern: /^(#*)([^= ]+) *= *(.*)/
		},
		noDeactivateTokens: []
	};

	var translationFiles = ["webapp/**/*.js", "webapp/manifest.json", "webapp/**/*.xml"];

	gulp.task("i18n", function() {
		return gulp.src(translationFiles)
			.pipe(i18n("webapp/lang/i18n.properties"))
			.pipe(gulp.dest("./"));
	});

Ignore translation tokens

If you use external translations and You need just ignore some tokens in the translation file Append # character to the end of the line.

#XTIT
INITIAL=Initial

#XTIT
#EMAIL=Email #Ignore