@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ Define your ActiveRecord default attributes like this: <pre><code>en-US: activerecord: - global-attributes: - login: "Login" attributes: + _all: + login: "Login" admin: login: "Custom Login" user: name: "Name"</code></pre> -Then use the I18n API as usual. If an attribute for a model is not found, it will be searched in the global attributes. +Then use the I18n API as usual. If an attribute for a model is not found, it will be searched in _all atributes. h2. License README.textile @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ -module I18n +ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do + + def self.human_attribute_name(attribute_key_name, options = {}) + defaults = self_and_descendents_from_active_record.map do |klass| + :"#{klass.name.underscore}.#{attribute_key_name}" + end + defaults << "_all.#{attribute_key_name.to_s}".to_sym + defaults << options[:default] if options[:default] + defaults.flatten! + defaults << attribute_key_name.humanize + options[:count] ||= 1 + I18n.translate(defaults.shift, options.merge(:default => defaults, :scope => [:activerecord, :attributes])) + end - class << self - def translate(key, options = {}) - locale = options.delete(:locale) || I18n.locale - if options[:default].nil? && key.to_s.include?("activerecord.attributes.") - options[:default] = "activerecord.global-attributes.#{key.to_s.split(".").last}".to_sym - end - backend.translate(locale, key, options) - rescue I18n::ArgumentError => e - raise e if options[:raise] - send(@@exception_handler, e, locale, key, options) - end - alias :t :translate - end - end lib/activerecord_i18n_defaults.rb @@ -1,27 +1,24 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper.rb' -describe I18n do +class Admin < ActiveRecord::Base +end + +class User < ActiveRecord::Base +end + +describe "Human attribute name" do before :all do I18n.load_path << File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/locale.yml" I18n.default_locale = 'aa-BB' end - it "should lookup the translation key in global attributes when specified is not found" do - I18n.t('activerecord.attributes.user.login').should eql(I18n.t('activerecord.global-attributes.login')) - end - - it "should translate normally when key is found" do - I18n.t('activerecord.attributes.admin.login').should eql("custom login") - end - - it "should not lost default translation" do - default_value = 'ew igfwej giowewe' - I18n.t('im.do.not.exist', :default => default_value).should eql(default_value) + it "should lookup human attribute in '_all' attribute when specified is not found" do + User.human_attribute_name('login').should eql(I18n.t('activerecord.attributes._all.login')) end - it "should not lost the feature of working with symbols" do - I18n.t(:hey).should eql("jo") + it "should get human attribute when found" do + Admin.human_attribute_name('login').should eql(I18n.t('activerecord.attributes.admin.login')) end end spec/activerecord_i18n_defaults_spec.rb @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ aa-BB: hey: 'jo' activerecord: - global-attributes: - login: "global login" attributes: + _all: + login: "global login" admin: login: "custom login" spec/locale.yml 88e83eed3b4d7aa475a6739d80514893f03a3ac8 Diego Carrion dcrec1@dcrec1.(none) http://github.com/dcrec1/activerecord_i18n_defaults/commit/8544bc968e6ecb359ded930968baf6c85aa9d239 8544bc968e6ecb359ded930968baf6c85aa9d239 2008-12-01T05:07:15-08:00 2008-12-01T05:07:15-08:00 work is done at human_attribute_name method now af02520c93a8379fdb40e60d0b932834242bc28b Diego Carrion dcrec1@dcrec1.(none)