I18N API

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This API provides functionality for localization of text phrases.

Usage

This API uses standard framework functionality. Please read the framework localization docs before using this API.

Add the following to your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
  include "com.enonic.xp:lib-i18n:${xpVersion}"
}

Add the import statement to your controller:

import i18nLib from '/lib/xp/i18n';

Then you need to create files with original phrases and their translations. These files should be placed in the src/main/resources/site/i18n folder of your application. There must be a file named phrases.properties that contains all the default phrases. Additional files with translations named phrases_<locale>.properties should contain the same phrases with texts localised to <locale> language. If a phrase is missing from the locale-specific file, the default file will be used. This is what a couple of such files could look like:

phrases.properties
action.preview=Preview
notify.process.failed=Processing failed: {0}.
phrases_es.properties
action.preview=Vista Previa
notify.process.failed=Error al procesar: {0}.

You are now ready to use the API.

Functions

getPhrases

Returns an object of key/value-pairs for all phrases with the given locales in the specified bundles.

Parameters

Name Kind Details

locale

string | string[]

A string-representation of a locale, or an array of locales in preferred order. Pass in an empty array for default locale.

bundles

string[]

Required list of bundle names. Bundle names are specified as paths, relative to the src/main/resources folder.

Returns

An object with all phrases

Example

Getting the current context
const phrasesEs = i18nLib.getPhrases('es', ['site/i18n/phrases'])
Sample response
{
  action.preview:"Vista Previa",
  notify.process.failed:"Error al procesar: {0}."
}

getSupportedLocales

Returns the list of supported locale codes for the specified bundles.

Parameters

Name Kind Details

bundles

string[]

Required list of bundle names. Bundle names are specified as paths, relative to the src/main/resources folder.

Returns

An array with all locales

Example

Getting the current context
const locales = i18nLib.getSupportedLocales(['site/i18n/phrases'])
Sample response
["es"]

localize

Localizes a phrase by searching through the list of passed in locales in the given order, to find a translation for the phrase-key. If no translation is found, the default phrase will be used. Some phrases will have placeholders ({0}, {1} etc) for values that may be inserted into the phrase. These must be provided in the function call for those phrases.

Parameters

Name Kind Details

key

string

The phrase key

locale

string | string[]

A string-representation of a locale, or an array of locales in preferred order. If the locale is not set, the site language is used.

values

string[]

Optional placeholder values

bundles

string[]

Optional list of bundle names

application

string

Application key where to find resource bundles. Defaults to current application

Returns

The localized string

Example

Localize a message with a placeholder.
import {localize} from '/lib/xp/i18n';

const message2 = localize({
    key: 'notify.process.failed',
    locale: 'es',
    values: ["StaleConnectionException"]
});
Sample response
Error al procesar: "StaleConnectionException".

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