i18n

Basic internationalization library in ActionScript.

Usage

Construct a box:

import i18n.*
const box = new I18nBox

Within box you can access language groups:

const en = box.group('en-us')

// Basic stuff

en.map({
    'tm-action': 'Ação'
})

trace(en.get('tm-action'))

Array mapping

The last example assigned strings dinamically, certainly inefficient. Arrays are supported. Let's define an enum:

final class AppString {
    static private var i: uint
    static public const FILE         : uint = i++
                    ,   EDIT         : uint = i++
                    ,   SAVE_AS      : uint = i++;
}

Now let's add English for that:

// Some arbitrary id
const appStringsId: uint = 0x30

en.arraySet(appStringsId, new <String> [
    'File',
    'Edit',
    'Save as',
])

// Trace 'File'
trace(en.arrayGet(appStringsId, AppString.FILE))

Late fetch

Wish to load strings only when needed? If so, you might use the condition:

const loaded = group.arrayHas(enumId)

Desire to flush a group? Write group.clear().

Facilities

i18n is all about mapping, though extra functionality is found.

• You can add fallback languages by calling group.fallback(g).

To-add:

• Date formatting
• Singulars/plurals formatting