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i18n.js

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+/**
+ * @author      Created by Marcus Spiegel on 2011-03-25. marcus@aupeo.com
+ * @license		http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
+ */
+
+// dependencies
+var vsprintf  = require('sprintf').vsprintf,
+    fs        = require('fs'),
+    path      = require('path'),
+    locales   = {},
+    locale    = 'en',
+    directory = './locales';
+
+// public export
+var i18n = exports;
+
+i18n.__ = function() {
+    var msg = translate(arguments[0]);
+    if (arguments.length > 1) {
+        msg = vsprintf(msg, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
+    }
+    return msg;
+};
+
+// ===================
+// = private methods =
+// ===================
+
+// read locale file, translate a msg and write to fs if new
+function translate(msg) {
+    if (!locales[locale]) {
+        read(locale);
+    }
+    if (!locales[locale][msg]) {
+        locales[locale][msg] = msg;
+        write(locale);
+    }
+    return locales[locale][msg];
+}
+
+// try reading a file
+function read(locale) {
+    locales[locale] = {};
+    try {
+        locales[locale] = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(locate(locale)));
+    } catch(e) {
+        console.log('error reading locale for "'+locale+'": ' + e);
+    }
+}
+
+// try writing a file in a created directory
+function write(locale) {
+    try {
+        stats = fs.lstatSync(directory);
+    } catch(e) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(directory, 0755);
+    }
+    fs.writeFile(locate(locale), JSON.stringify(locales[locale]));
+}
+
+// basic normalization of filepath
+function locate(locale){
+    return path.normalize(directory + '/' + locale + '.js');
+}

index.js

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+module.exports = require('./i18n');