Rails - Apr 2006 - Where to put localization strings

Hello!

I have a model that validates presence of the attribute title

class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_presence_of :title
    :message => ''empty title is a no no''
end

I also have a test of this valitation.

class EntryTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  fixtures :entries

  def test_validate_title
    first = entries(1)
    first.title = ''''
    assert !first.save
    assert_equal 1, first.errors.count
    assert_equal ''empty title is a no no'',
first.errors.on(:title)
  end
end

The thing is I want to replace the hard coded message strings with a 
constant. Where should I put this constant according to best practice? 
I''m thinking of creating a new module for this, but maybe
there''s a
better way?

Best regards

Hans-Eric Gr?nlund - a newly hatched rails enthusiast

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I would suggest installing the localization generator.. I forget the 
exact name but in can easily be found by ''gem search localization
-r''

or by following this link http://rubyforge.org/projects/localization
>From this amazing generator, you simply create one yaml file for each 
external language you want to support.

in your specific example, you could do something like:
class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_presence_of :title
    :message => l(empty_string_message)

where l() is a helper method in the localization gem that automatically 
converts to the language specified in your environment

Then your test case would be something like like:

assert_equal l(empty_string_message), first.errors.on(:title)

I hope this helps and I am pretty new to rails myself but this gem is a 
beauty and it couldn''t be simpler to work with!

ilan


Hans-Eric Gr?nlund wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I have a model that validates presence of the attribute title
> 
> class Entry < ActiveRecord::Base
>   validates_presence_of :title
>     :message => ''empty title is a no no''
> end
> 
> I also have a test of this valitation.
> 
> class EntryTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
>   fixtures :entries
> 
>   def test_validate_title
>     first = entries(1)
>     first.title = ''''
>     assert !first.save
>     assert_equal 1, first.errors.count
>     assert_equal ''empty title is a no no'',
first.errors.on(:title)
>   end
> end
> 
> The thing is I want to replace the hard coded message strings with a 
> constant. Where should I put this constant according to best practice? 
> I''m thinking of creating a new module for this, but maybe
there''s a
> better way?
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Hans-Eric Gr?nlund - a newly hatched rails enthusiast

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