class Webgen::Language

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.

Attributes

codes[R]

An array containing the language codes for the language.

description[R]

The english description of the language.

Public Class Methods

new(codes, description) click to toggle source

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.

# File lib/webgen/languages.rb, line 19
def initialize(codes, description)
  @codes = codes
  @description = description
end

Public Instance Methods

code2chars() click to toggle source

The two letter code.

# File lib/webgen/languages.rb, line 25
def code2chars
  @codes[2]
end

code3chars() click to toggle source

The three letter code.

# File lib/webgen/languages.rb, line 30
def code3chars
  @codes[0]
end

code3chars_alternative() click to toggle source

The alternative three letter code.

# File lib/webgen/languages.rb, line 35
def code3chars_alternative
  @codes[1]
end

to_s() click to toggle source

The textual representation of the language.

# File lib/webgen/languages.rb, line 40
def to_s
  code2chars || code3chars
end

Also aliased as: to_str

to_str()

Alias for: to_s