added wxLocale::Init() and ctor without arguments for convenience
[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / intl.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: intl.h
3 // Purpose: Internationalization and localisation for wxWindows
4 // Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 // Modified by:
6 // Created: 29/01/98
7 // RCS-ID: $Id$
8 // Copyright: (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11
12 #ifndef __INTLH__
13 #define __INTLH__
14
15 #ifdef __GNUG__
16 #pragma interface "intl.h"
17 #endif
18
19 #include "wx/defs.h"
20 #include "wx/string.h"
21
22 // ============================================================================
23 // global decls
24 // ============================================================================
25
26 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
27 // simple types
28 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29
30 // # adjust if necessary
31 typedef unsigned char uint8;
32 typedef unsigned long uint32;
33
34 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
35 // macros
36 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
37
38 // gettext() style macro
39 #define _(str) wxGetTranslation(str)
40
41 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
42 // forward decls
43 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
44 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale;
45 class WXDLLEXPORT wxMsgCatalog;
46 extern WXDLLEXPORT_DATA(wxLocale *) g_pLocale;
47
48 // ============================================================================
49 // locale support
50 // ============================================================================
51
52 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 // wxLocale: encapsulates all language dependent settings, including current
54 // message catalogs, date, time and currency formats (#### to do) &c
55 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
56 class WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale
57 {
58 public:
59 // ctor & dtor
60 // call Init() if you use this ctor
61 wxLocale();
62 // the ctor has a side effect of changing current locale
63 wxLocale(const char *szName, // name (for messages)
64 const char *szShort = NULL, // dir prefix (for msg files)
65 const char *szLocale = NULL, // locale (for setlocale)
66 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE) // preload wxstd.mo?
67 { Init(szName, szShort, szLocale, bLoadDefault); }
68 // the same as a function (returns TRUE on success)
69 bool Init(const char *szName,
70 const char *szShort = NULL,
71 const char *szLocale = NULL,
72 bool bLoadDefault = TRUE);
73 // restores old locale
74 ~wxLocale();
75
76 // returns locale name
77 const char *GetLocale() const { return m_strLocale; }
78
79 // add a catalog: it's searched for in standard places (current directory
80 // first, system one after). It will be used for message lookup by
81 // GetString().
82 //
83 // Returns 'true' if it was successfully loaded
84 bool AddCatalog(const char *szDomain);
85
86 // check if the given catalog is loaded
87 bool IsLoaded(const char *szDomain) const;
88
89 // retrieve the translation for a string in all loaded domains unless
90 // the szDomain parameter is specified (and then only this domain is
91 // searched)
92 //
93 // return original string if translation is not available
94 // (in this case an error message is generated the first time
95 // a string is not found; use wxLogNull to suppress it)
96 //
97 // domains are searched in the last to first order, i.e. catalogs
98 // added later override those added before.
99 const char *GetString(const char *szOrigString,
100 const char *szDomain = NULL) const;
101
102 private:
103 // find catalog by name in a linked list, return NULL if !found
104 wxMsgCatalog *FindCatalog(const char *szDomain) const;
105
106 wxString m_strLocale, // this locale name
107 m_strShort; // short name for the locale
108
109 const char *m_pszOldLocale; // previous locale from setlocale()
110 wxLocale *m_pOldLocale; // previous wxLocale
111
112 wxMsgCatalog *m_pMsgCat; // pointer to linked list of catalogs
113 };
114
115 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
116 // global functions
117 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
118 WXDLLEXPORT wxLocale* wxGetLocale();
119
120 // get the translation of the string in the current locale
121 inline WXDLLEXPORT const char *wxGetTranslation(const char *sz)
122 {
123 wxLocale *pLoc = wxGetLocale();
124 return pLoc == NULL ? sz : pLoc->GetString(sz);
125 }
126
127 #endif
128 // __INTLH__