From 25281e553953ad4007b5db69794c0b567da3abb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthi-chaud <arthur.jamet@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 12:10:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Front: Type Safe internationalization

---
 .../i18n/{translations.ts => Translations.ts} |  0
 front/i18n/i18n.ts                            | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 rename front/i18n/{translations.ts => Translations.ts} (100%)

diff --git a/front/i18n/translations.ts b/front/i18n/Translations.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from front/i18n/translations.ts
rename to front/i18n/Translations.ts
diff --git a/front/i18n/i18n.ts b/front/i18n/i18n.ts
index 792b505..9da0788 100644
--- a/front/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/front/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-import { en, fr } from './translations';
+import { en, fr } from './Translations';
 import i18n from "i18next";
 import { initReactI18next } from "react-i18next";
 
+
+export type AvailableLanguages = 'en' | 'fr';
+export const DefaultLanguage: AvailableLanguages = 'en';
+
 i18n
 	.use(initReactI18next)
 	.init({
@@ -13,10 +17,17 @@ i18n
 				translation: fr
 			}
 		},
-		lng: "en",
-		fallbackLng: "en",
+		lng: DefaultLanguage,
+		fallbackLng: DefaultLanguage,
 		interpolation: {
 			escapeValue: false
 		}
 	});
-export default i18n;
\ No newline at end of file
+
+export default i18n;
+/**
+ * Typesafe translation method
+ * @param textKey the key of th text to translate
+ * @returns the translated text
+ */
+export const translate = (textKey: keyof typeof en) => i18n.t(textKey);
\ No newline at end of file