Class: Locale::Info::Language

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- lib/locale/info/language.rb

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- ::new
- #ancient?
- #constructed?
- #extinct?
- #historical?
- #individual?
- #iso_language?
- #living?
- #macro?
- #special?
- #special_type?
- #to_s

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# Locale::Info::Language

This class contains all the of the ISO information for the ISO 639-3 languages. This class is immutable once constructed.

### Attributes

name[R]
scope[R]
three_code[R]
two_code[R]
type[R]

### Public Class Methods

new(two_code, three_code, scope, type, name) click to toggle source

Constructs a new Language instance.

- code The 2 or 3 digit ISO 639-3 language code.

- scope A single character that defines the ISO scope of the language - `(I)ndividual`, `(M)acrolanguage`, or `(S)pecial`.

- type A single character that defines the ISO type of the language - `(A)ncient`, `(C)onstructed`, `(E)xtinct`, `(H)istorical`, `(L)iving`, or `(S)pecial`.

- name The name of the language.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 33
    def initialize(two_code, three_code, scope, type, name)
      @two_code, @three_code, @scope, @type, @name = two_code, three_code, scope, type, name

      @individual   = (scope == "I")
      @macro        = (scope == "M")
      @special      = (scope == "S")
      @constructed  = (type == "C")
      @living       = (type == "L")
      @extinct      = (type == "E")
      @ancient      = (type == "A")
      @historical   = (type == "H")
      @special_type = (type == "S")
    end

### Public Instance Methods

ancient?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is an ancient language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 66
    def ancient?; @ancient; end

constructed?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is a constructed language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 57
    def constructed?; @constructed; end

extinct?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is an extinct language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 63
    def extinct?; @extinct; end

historical?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is an historical language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 69
    def historical?; @historical; end

individual?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is an individual language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 48
    def individual?; @individual; end

iso_language?() click to toggle source

Returns this object is valid as ISO 639 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 84
    def iso_language?
      @@lang_two_codes[two_code] != nil || @@lang_three_codes[three_code] != nil
    end

living?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is a living language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 60
    def living?; @living; end

macro?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is a macro language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 51
    def macro?; @macro; end

special?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is a special language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 54
    def special?; @special; end

special_type?() click to toggle source

Returns true if the language is a special type language according to the ISO 639-3 data.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 72
    def special_type?; @special_type; end

to_s() click to toggle source

Returns the two or three code.

    # File lib/locale/info/language.rb, line 75
    def to_s
      if two_code and two_code.size > 0
        two_code
      else
        three_code
      end
    end

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