Log::Report::Translator(3)

NAME
Log::Report::Translator - base implementation for translating messages

INHERITANCE
 Log::Report::Translator is extended by
   Log::Report::Translator::Gettext
   Log::Report::Translator::POT

SYNOPSIS
  # internal infrastructure
  my $msg = Log::Report::Message->new(_msgid => "Hello World\n");
  print Log::Report::Translator->new(...)->translate($msg);

  # normal use
  textdomain 'my-domain',
    translator => Log::Report::Translator->new;  # default
  print __"Hello World\n";

DESCRIPTION
A module (or distribution) has a certain way of translating messages, usually "gettext". The translator is based on some "textdomain" for the message, which can be specified as option per text element, but usually is package scoped.

This base class does not translate at all: it will use the MSGID (and MSGID_PLURAL if available). It's a nice fallback if the language packs are not installed.

METHODS

  Constructors

$class->new(%options)

  Attributes

  Translating

$obj->load($domain, $locale)
    Load the translation information in the text $domain for the indicated $locale. Multiple calls to load() should not cost significant performance: the data must be cached.

$obj->translate( $message, [$language, $ctxt] )
    Returns the translation of the $message, a Log::Report::Message object, based on the current locale.

    Translators are permitted to peek into the internal HASH of the message object, for performance reasons.

SEE ALSO
This module is part of Log-Report version 1.46, built on June 16, 2026. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/

LICENSE
For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2007-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.