Class Locale

A locale in Hebcal is used for translations/transliterations of holidays. @hebcal/hdate supports four locales by default

en - default, Sephardic transliterations (e.g. "Shabbat")
ashkenazi - Ashkenazi transliterations (e.g. "Shabbos")
he - Hebrew (e.g. "שַׁבָּת")
he-x-NoNikud - Hebrew without nikud (e.g. "שבת")

Index

Constructors

Methods

addLocale addTranslation addTranslations getLocaleName getLocaleNames gettext hebrewStripNikkud lookupTranslation ordinal useLocale

Constructors

constructor

new Locale(): Locale
Returns Locale

Methods

`Static`addLocale

addLocale(locale: string, data: LocaleData): void
Register locale translations.
Parameters
- locale: string
  Locale name (i.e.: 'he', 'fr')
- data: LocaleData
  parsed data from a .po file.
Returns void
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:39

`Static`addTranslation

addTranslation(locale: string, id: string, translation: string | string[]): void
Adds a translation to locale, replacing any previous translation.
Parameters
- locale: string
  Locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr').
- id: string
  Message ID to translate
- translation: string | string[]
  Translation text
Returns void
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:46

`Static`addTranslations

addTranslations(locale: string, data: LocaleData): void
Adds multiple translations to locale, replacing any previous translations.
Parameters
- locale: string
  Locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr').
- data: LocaleData
  parsed data from a .po file.
Returns void
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:52

`Static`getLocaleName

getLocaleName(): string
Returns the name of the active locale (i.e. 'he', 'ashkenazi', 'fr')

Returns string
Deprecated
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:65

`Static`getLocaleNames

getLocaleNames(): string[]
Returns the names of registered locales

Returns string[]
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:69

`Static`gettext

gettext(id: string, locale?: string): string
By default, if no translation was found, returns id.
Parameters
- id: string
  Message ID to translate
- Optionallocale: string
  Optional locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr'). Defaults to active locale.
Returns string
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:33

`Static`hebrewStripNikkud

hebrewStripNikkud(str: string): string
Removes nekudot from Hebrew string
Parameters
- str: string
Returns string
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:78

`Static`lookupTranslation

lookupTranslation(id: string, locale?: string): undefined | string
Returns translation only if locale offers a non-empty translation for id. Otherwise, returns undefined.
Parameters
- id: string
  Message ID to translate
- Optionallocale: string
  Optional locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr'). Defaults to active locale.
Returns undefined | string
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:27

`Static`ordinal

ordinal(n: number, locale?: string): string
Renders a number in ordinal, such as 1st, 2nd or 3rd
Parameters
- n: number
- Optionallocale: string
  Optional locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr'). Defaults to active locale.
Returns string
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:74

`Static`useLocale

useLocale(locale: string): StringArrayMap
Activates a locale. Throws an error if the locale has not been previously added. After setting the locale to be used, all strings marked for translations will be represented by the corresponding translation in the specified locale.
Parameters
- locale: string
  Locale name (i.e: 'he', 'fr')
Returns StringArrayMap
Deprecated
- Defined in node_modules/@hebcal/hdate/dist/esm/locale.d.ts:60