openseadragon/src/strings.js

(function( $ ){
    
//TODO: I guess this is where the i18n needs to be reimplemented.  I'll look 
//      into existing patterns for i18n in javascript but i think that mimicking
//      pythons gettext might be a reasonable approach.

$.Strings = {

    Errors: {
        Failure:    "Sorry, but Seadragon Ajax can't run on your browser!\n" +
                    "Please try using IE 7 or Firefox 3.\n",
        Dzc:        "Sorry, we don't support Deep Zoom Collections!",
        Dzi:        "Hmm, this doesn't appear to be a valid Deep Zoom Image.",
        Xml:        "Hmm, this doesn't appear to be a valid Deep Zoom Image.",
        Empty:      "You asked us to open nothing, so we did just that.",
        ImageFormat: "Sorry, we don't support {0}-based Deep Zoom Images.",
        Security:   "It looks like a security restriction stopped us from " +
                    "loading this Deep Zoom Image.",
        Status:     "This space unintentionally left blank ({0} {1}).",
        Unknown:    "Whoops, something inexplicably went wrong. Sorry!"
    },

    Messages: {
        Loading:    "Loading..."
    },

    Tooltips: {
        FullPage:   "Toggle full page",
        Home:       "Go home",
        ZoomIn:     "Zoom in",
        ZoomOut:    "Zoom out"
    },

    getString: function( prop ) {
        
        var props   = prop.split('.'),
            string  = $.Strings,
            args    = arguments,
            i;

        for ( i = 0; i < props.length; i++ ) {
            string = string[ props[ i ] ] || {};    // in case not a subproperty
        }

        if ( typeof( string ) != "string" ) {
            string = "";
        }

        return string.replace(/\{\d+\}/g, function(capture) {
            var i = parseInt( capture.match( /\d+/ ) ) + 1;
            return i < args.length ? 
                args[ i ] : 
                "";
        });
    },

    setString: function( prop, value ) {

        var props     = prop.split('.'),
            container = $.Strings,
            i;

        for ( i = 0; i < props.length - 1; i++ ) {
            if ( !container[ props[ i ] ] ) {
                container[ props[ i ] ] = {};
            }
            container = container[ props[ i ] ];
        }

        container[ props[ i ] ] = value;
    }

};

}( OpenSeadragon ));