<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="Translation" inherits="Resource" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../class.xsd">
<brief_description>
A language translation that maps a collection of strings to their individual translations.
</brief_description>
<description>
[Translation]s are resources that can be loaded and unloaded on demand. They map a collection of strings to their individual translations, and they also provide convenience methods for pluralization.
</description>
<tutorials>
<link title="Internationalizing games">$DOCS_URL/tutorials/i18n/internationalizing_games.html</link>
<link title="Locales">$DOCS_URL/tutorials/i18n/locales.html</link>
</tutorials>
<methods>
<method name="_get_message" qualifiers="virtual const">
<return type="StringName" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" />
<description>
Virtual method to override [method get_message].
</description>
</method>
<method name="_get_plural_message" qualifiers="virtual const">
<return type="StringName" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="src_plural_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="2" name="n" type="int" />
<param index="3" name="context" type="StringName" />
<description>
Virtual method to override [method get_plural_message].
</description>
</method>
<method name="add_message">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="xlated_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="2" name="context" type="StringName" default="&""" />
<description>
Adds a message if nonexistent, followed by its translation.
An additional context could be used to specify the translation context or differentiate polysemic words.
</description>
</method>
<method name="add_plural_message">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="xlated_messages" type="PackedStringArray" />
<param index="2" name="context" type="StringName" default="&""" />
<description>
Adds a message involving plural translation if nonexistent, followed by its translation.
An additional context could be used to specify the translation context or differentiate polysemic words.
</description>
</method>
<method name="erase_message">
<return type="void" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" default="&""" />
<description>
Erases a message.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_message" qualifiers="const">
<return type="StringName" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="context" type="StringName" default="&""" />
<description>
Returns a message's translation.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_message_count" qualifiers="const">
<return type="int" />
<description>
Returns the number of existing messages.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_message_list" qualifiers="const">
<return type="PackedStringArray" />
<description>
Returns all the messages (keys).
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_plural_message" qualifiers="const">
<return type="StringName" />
<param index="0" name="src_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="1" name="src_plural_message" type="StringName" />
<param index="2" name="n" type="int" />
<param index="3" name="context" type="StringName" default="&""" />
<description>
Returns a message's translation involving plurals.
The number [param n] is the number or quantity of the plural object. It will be used to guide the translation system to fetch the correct plural form for the selected language.
</description>
</method>
<method name="get_translated_message_list" qualifiers="const">
<return type="PackedStringArray" />
<description>
Returns all the messages (translated text).
</description>
</method>
</methods>
<members>
<member name="locale" type="String" setter="set_locale" getter="get_locale" default=""en"">
The locale of the translation.
</member>
</members>
</class>