Class: Webgen::Language

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Comparable
Defined in:
lib/webgen/languages.rb

Overview

Describes a human language which is uniquely identfied by a three letter code and, optionally, by an alternative three letter or a two letter code.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(codes, description) ⇒ Language

Create a new language. codes has to be an array containing three strings: the three letter code, the alternative three letter code and the two letter code. If one is not available for the language, it has to be nil.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 18

def initialize(codes, description)
  @codes = codes
  @description = description
end

Instance Attribute Details

#codes ⇒ Object (readonly)

An array containing the language codes for the language.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 10

def codes
  @codes
end

#description ⇒ Object (readonly)

The english description of the language.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 13

def description
  @description
end

Instance Method Details

#<=>(other) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 49

def <=>(other) #:nodoc:
  self.to_s <=> other.to_s
end

#code2chars ⇒ Object

The two letter code.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 24

def code2chars
  @codes[2]
end

#code3chars ⇒ Object

The three letter code.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 29

def code3chars
  @codes[0]
end

#code3chars_alternative ⇒ Object

The alternative three letter code.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 34

def code3chars_alternative
  @codes[1]
end

#inspect ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 45

def inspect #:nodoc:
  "#<Language codes=#{codes.inspect} description=#{description.inspect}>"
end

#to_s ⇒ Object Also known as: to_str

The textual representation of the language.



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# File 'lib/webgen/languages.rb', line 39

def to_s
  code2chars || code3chars
end