module I18n module Backend # Backend that chains multiple other backends and checks each of them when # a translation needs to be looked up. This is useful when you want to use # standard translations with a Simple backend but store custom application # translations in a database or other backends. # # To use the Chain backend instantiate it and set it to the I18n module. # You can add chained backends through the initializer or backends # accessor: # # # preserves the existing Simple backend set to I18n.backend # I18n.backend = I18n::Backend::Chain.new(I18n::Backend::ActiveRecord.new, I18n.backend) # # The implementation assumes that all backends added to the Chain implement # a lookup method with the same API as Simple backend does. class Chain module Implementation include Base attr_accessor :backends def initialize(*backends) self.backends = backends end def reload! backends.each { |backend| backend.reload! } end def store_translations(locale, data, options = {}) backends.first.store_translations(locale, data, options = {}) end def available_locales backends.map { |backend| backend.available_locales }.flatten.uniq end def translate(locale, key, default_options = {}) namespace = nil options = default_options.except(:default) backends.each do |backend| begin options = default_options if backend == backends.last translation = backend.translate(locale, key, options) if namespace_lookup?(translation, options) namespace ||= {} namespace.merge!(translation) elsif !translation.nil? return translation end rescue MissingTranslationData end end return namespace if namespace raise(I18n::MissingTranslationData.new(locale, key, options)) end def localize(locale, object, format = :default, options = {}) backends.each do |backend| begin result = backend.localize(locale, object, format, options) and return result rescue MissingTranslationData end end raise(I18n::MissingTranslationData.new(locale, format, options)) end protected def namespace_lookup?(result, options) result.is_a?(Hash) && !options.has_key?(:count) end end include Implementation end end end