Extend and configure translation class.

[phlegx]

I want to extend the translation class to work with some other plugins. Where can I find a HowTo or can someone help me to start?

I use the table backend and I need to include some things.

[shioyama]

Thanks for reaching out! If I understand correctly, you'd like to extend the translation class for your model class to work with other (non-Mobility) plugins?

Here's where it's defined (on the master branch):

mobility/lib/mobility/backends/active_record/table.rb

Lines 244 to 249 in 4154723

	translation_class =
	if self.const_defined?(subclass_name, false)
	const_get(subclass_name, false)
	else
	const_set(subclass_name, Class.new(Mobility::ActiveRecord::ModelTranslation))
	end

If your model name is Post, it defines a constant Post::Translation which you can simply modify:

class Post::Translation
  # .. your custom stuff
end

It's a bit more tricky if you want to modify the translation class for all models. Mobility has a class, Mobility::ActiveRecord::ModelTranslation which it subclasses, so if you wanted to change the translation class for all models you could modify that one:

class Mobility::ActiveRecord::ModelTranslation
  # ... your custom stuff
end

Put that in an initializer and it should work.

[shioyama]

Mind you, the namespace of Mobility::ActiveRecord::ModelTranslation will probably change in v1.0, in part to fix #258.