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edx-platform/i18n/config.py
2013-11-19 10:28:02 -05:00

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import os, json
from path import path
# BASE_DIR is the working directory to execute django-admin commands from.
# Typically this should be the 'mitx' directory.
BASE_DIR = path(__file__).abspath().dirname().joinpath('..').normpath()
# LOCALE_DIR contains the locale files.
# Typically this should be 'mitx/conf/locale'
LOCALE_DIR = BASE_DIR.joinpath('conf', 'locale')
class Configuration:
"""
# Reads localization configuration in json format
"""
_source_locale = 'en'
def __init__(self, filename):
self._filename = filename
self._config = self.read_config(filename)
def read_config(self, filename):
"""
Returns data found in config file (as dict), or raises exception if file not found
"""
if not os.path.exists(filename):
raise Exception("Configuration file cannot be found: %s" % filename)
with open(filename) as stream:
return json.load(stream)
@property
def locales(self):
"""
Returns a list of locales declared in the configuration file,
e.g. ['en', 'fr', 'es']
Each locale is a string.
"""
return self._config['locales']
@property
def source_locale(self):
"""
Returns source language.
Source language is English.
"""
return self._source_locale
@property
def dummy_locale(self):
"""
Returns a locale to use for the dummy text, e.g. 'eo'.
Throws exception if no dummy-locale is declared.
The locale is a string.
"""
dummy = self._config.get('dummy-locale', None)
if not dummy:
raise Exception('Could not read dummy-locale from configuration file.')
return dummy
def get_messages_dir(self, locale):
"""
Returns the name of the directory holding the po files for locale.
Example: mitx/conf/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
"""
return LOCALE_DIR.joinpath(locale, 'LC_MESSAGES')
@property
def source_messages_dir(self):
"""
Returns the name of the directory holding the source-language po files (English).
Example: mitx/conf/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES
"""
return self.get_messages_dir(self.source_locale)
CONFIGURATION = Configuration(LOCALE_DIR.joinpath('config').normpath())