Package babel :: Package messages :: Module catalog :: Class Message

Class Message

object --+
         |
        Message

Representation of a single message in a catalog.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, id, string=u'', locations=(), flags=(), auto_comments=(), user_comments=())
Create the message object.

__repr__(self)
repr(x)

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __str__

Instance Variables
	id The message ID
	string The message translation

Properties
`bool`	fuzzy Whether the translation is fuzzy.
`bool`	pluralizable Whether the message is plurizable.
`bool`	python_format Whether the message contains Python-style parameters.
Inherited from `object`: `__class__`

Method Details

Create the message object.

Parameters:

id - the message ID, or a (singular, plural) tuple for pluralizable messages
string - the translated message string, or a (singular, plural) tuple for pluralizable messages
locations - a sequence of (filenname, lineno) tuples
flags - a set or sequence of flags
auto_comments - a sequence of automatic comments for the message
user_comments - a sequence of user comments for the message

Overrides: object.__init__

repr(x)

Property Details

Whether the translation is fuzzy.

>>> Message('foo').fuzzy
False
>>> Message('foo', 'foo', flags=['fuzzy']).fuzzy
True

Whether the message is plurizable.

>>> Message('foo').pluralizable
False
>>> Message(('foo', 'bar')).pluralizable
True

Whether the message contains Python-style parameters.

>>> Message('foo %(name)s bar').python_format
True
>>> Message(('foo %(name)s', 'foo %(name)s')).python_format
True