add simplified and improved translation process.

generators/angular/generator.ts

@@ -167,13 +167,14 @@ export default class AngularGenerator extends BaseApplicationGenerator {
         this.localEntities = entities.filter(entity => !entity.builtIn && !entity.skipClient);
       },
       queueTranslateTransform({ control, application }) {
+        const { enableTranslation, jhiPrefix } = application;
         this.queueTransformStream(
           {
             name: 'translating angular application',
             filter: file => isFileStateModified(file) && file.path.startsWith(this.destinationPath()) && isTranslatedAngularFile(file),
             refresh: false,
           },
-          translateAngularFilesTransform(control.getWebappTranslation, application.enableTranslation),
+          translateAngularFilesTransform(control.getWebappTranslation, { enableTranslation, jhiPrefix }),
         );
       },
     });

generators/angular/support/index.ts

@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ export * from './needles.js';
 export * from './path-utils.js';
 export * from './reserved-keywords.js';
 export * from './translate-angular.js';
-export { default as translateAngularFilesTransform } from './translate-angular.js';
 export { default as updateLanguagesTask } from './update-languages.js';

generators/angular/support/translate-angular.spec.ts

@@ -16,16 +16,26 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+import { inspect } from 'node:util';
 import { it, describe, expect, esmocha, beforeEach } from 'esmocha';
 import { createTranslationReplacer } from './translate-angular.js';
 
 describe('generator - angular - transform', () => {
   describe('replaceAngularTranslations', () => {
     let replaceAngularTranslations;
+    let enabledAngularTranslations;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       let value = 0;
-      replaceAngularTranslations = createTranslationReplacer(esmocha.fn().mockImplementation(key => `translated-value-${key}-${value++}`));
+      const testImpl = (key, data) => `translated-value-${key}-${data ? `${inspect(data)}-` : ''}${value++}`;
+      replaceAngularTranslations = createTranslationReplacer(esmocha.fn().mockImplementation(testImpl), {
+        jhiPrefix: 'jhi',
+        enableTranslation: false,
+      });
+      enabledAngularTranslations = createTranslationReplacer(esmocha.fn().mockImplementation(testImpl), {
+        jhiPrefix: 'jhi',
+        enableTranslation: true,
+      });
     });
 
     describe('with translation disabled', () => {
@@ -39,8 +49,8 @@ describe('generator - angular - transform', () => {
 `;
           expect(replaceAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 "
-<h1>translated-value-activate.title1-0</h1>
-<h1>translated-value-activate.title2-1</h1>
+<h1>translated-value-activate.title1-1</h1>
+<h1>translated-value-activate.title2-0</h1>
 "
 `);
         });
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ describe('generator - angular - transform', () => {
 `);
         });
 
-        it('should remove placeholder attribute value with translated value', () => {
+        it('should replace placeholder attribute value with translated value', () => {
           const body = `
 <input placeholder="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.placeholder1' | translate }}"/>
 <input placeholder="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.placeholder2' | translate }}"/>
@@ -123,7 +133,7 @@ describe('generator - angular - transform', () => {
 `);
         });
 
-        it('should remove title attribute value with translated value', () => {
+        it('should replace title attribute value with translated value', () => {
           const body = `
 <input title="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.title1' | translate }}"/>
 <input title="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.title2' | translate }}"/>
@@ -133,6 +143,88 @@ describe('generator - angular - transform', () => {
 <input title="translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-0"/>
 <input title="translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title2-1"/>
 "
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslatePipe__ with translated value', () => {
+          const body = `
+<input title="__jhiTranslatePipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title1')"/>
+<input title="__jhiTranslatePipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title2')"/>
+`;
+          expect(replaceAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<input title="translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-1"/>
+<input title="translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title2-0"/>
+"
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslatePipe__ with translation pipe', () => {
+          const body = `
+<input title="__jhiTranslatePipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title1')"/>
+<input title="__jhiTranslatePipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title2')"/>
+`;
+          expect(enabledAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<input title="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.title1' | translate }}"/>
+<input title="{{ 'global.form.currentpassword.title2' | translate }}"/>
+"
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslateTag__ with translated value', () => {
+          const body = `
+<tag>__jhiTranslateTag__('global.form.currentpassword.title1', { "username": "account()!.login" })</tag>
+<tag>
+__jhiTranslateTag__('global.form.currentpassword.title2')
+</tag>
+`;
+          expect(replaceAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<tag>translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-{ username: &apos;{{ account()!.login }}&apos; }-1</tag>
+<tag>
+translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title2-0
+</tag>
+"
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslateTag__ with translation attribute and value', () => {
+          const body = `
+<tag>__jhiTranslateTag__('global.form.currentpassword.title1', { "username": "account()!.login" })</tag>
+<tag>
+__jhiTranslateTag__('global.form.currentpassword.title2')
+</tag>
+`;
+          expect(enabledAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<tag jhiTranslate="global.form.currentpassword.title1" [translateValues]="{ username: account()!.login }">translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-{ username: &apos;{{ account()!.login }}&apos; }-1</tag>
+<tag jhiTranslate="global.form.currentpassword.title2">
+translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title2-0
+</tag>
+"
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslateTagPipe__ with translated value', () => {
+          const body = `
+<tag>__jhiTranslateTagPipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title1', { "username": "translation.key" })</tag>
+`;
+          expect(replaceAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<tag>translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-{ username: &apos;translated-value-translation.key-0&apos; }-1</tag>
+"
+`);
+        });
+
+        it('should replace __jhiTranslateTagPipe__ with translation attribute and value', () => {
+          const body = `
+<tag>__jhiTranslateTagPipe__('global.form.currentpassword.title1', { "username": "translation.key" })</tag>
+`;
+          expect(enabledAngularTranslations(body, extension)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+"
+<tag jhiTranslate="global.form.currentpassword.title1" [translateValues]="{ username: ('translation.key' | translate) }">translated-value-global.form.currentpassword.title1-{ username: &apos;translated-value-translation.key-0&apos; }-1</tag>
+"
 `);
         });
       });

generators/angular/support/translate-angular.js → generators/angular/support/translate-angular.ts

@@ -19,15 +19,23 @@
 import { passthrough } from '@yeoman/transform';
 import { Minimatch } from 'minimatch';
 
-import { createJhiTransformTranslateReplacer, createJhiTransformTranslateStringifyReplacer } from '../../languages/support/index.js';
+import {
+  type JHITranslateConverterOptions,
+  createJhiTransformTranslateReplacer,
+  createJhiTransformTranslateStringifyReplacer,
+  createJhiTranslateReplacer,
+  escapeTranslationValue,
+} from '../../languages/support/index.js';
 
 const PLACEHOLDER_REGEX = /(?:placeholder|title)=['|"](\{\{\s?['|"]([a-zA-Z0-9.\-_]+)['|"]\s?\|\s?translate\s?\}\})['|"]/.source;
 
 const JHI_TRANSLATE_REGEX = /(\n?\s*[a-z][a-zA-Z]*Translate="[a-zA-Z0-9 +{}'_!?.]+")/.source;
 const TRANSLATE_VALUES_REGEX = /(\n?\s*\[translateValues\]="\{(?:(?!\}").)*?\}")/.source;
 const TRANSLATE_REGEX = [JHI_TRANSLATE_REGEX, TRANSLATE_VALUES_REGEX].join('|');
 
-function getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key, data) {
+export type ReplacerOptions = { jhiPrefix: string; enableTranslation: boolean };
+
+function getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key, data?) {
   return getWebappTranslation(key, data) || undefined;
 }
 
@@ -40,9 +48,19 @@ function getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key, data) {
  * @param {object} [options]
  * @param {number} [options.keyIndex]
  * @param {number} [options.replacementIndex]
+ * @param {any} [options.escape]
  * @returns {string}
  */
-function replaceTranslationKeysWithText(getWebappTranslation, content, regexSource, { keyIndex = 1, replacementIndex = 1, escape } = {}) {
+function replaceTranslationKeysWithText(
+  getWebappTranslation,
+  content,
+  regexSource,
+  {
+    keyIndex = 1,
+    replacementIndex = 1,
+    escape,
+  }: { keyIndex?: number; replacementIndex?: number; escape?: (str: string, match: any) => string } = {},
+) {
   const regex = new RegExp(regexSource, 'g');
   const allMatches = content.matchAll(regex);
   for (const match of allMatches) {
@@ -102,15 +120,103 @@ function replaceErrorMessage(getWebappTranslation, content) {
   return replaceJSTranslation(getWebappTranslation, content, 'errorMessage');
 }
 
+/**
+ * Convert interpolation values to angular template for later processing.
+ * Numbers are left as is, strings are wrapped in `{{ }}`.
+ */
+const translationValueInterpolate = (parsedInterpolate: Record<string, string>): Record<string, string> =>
+  Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(parsedInterpolate).map(([key, value]) => [key, /\d+/.test(value) ? value : `{{ ${value} }}`]));
+
+/**
+ * Creates a `jhiTranslate` attribute with optional translateValues.
+ * Or the translation value if translation is disabled.
+ */
+const tagTranslation = (
+  getWebappTranslation: any,
+  { enableTranslation, jhiPrefix }: ReplacerOptions,
+  { key, parsedInterpolate, prefix, suffix }: JHITranslateConverterOptions,
+) => {
+  const translatedValueInterpolate = parsedInterpolate ? translationValueInterpolate(parsedInterpolate) : undefined;
+  const translatedValue = escapeTranslationValue(getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key, translatedValueInterpolate));
+
+  if (enableTranslation) {
+    const translateValuesAttr = parsedInterpolate
+      ? ` [translateValues]="{ ${Object.entries(parsedInterpolate)
+          .map(([key, value]) => `${key}: ${value}`)
+          .join(', ')} }"`
+      : '';
+    return ` ${jhiPrefix}Translate="${key}"${translateValuesAttr}${prefix}${translatedValue}${suffix}`;
+  }
+
+  return `${prefix}${translatedValue}${suffix}`;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Creates a `jhiTranslate` attribute with optional translateValues.
+ * Or the translation value if translation is disabled.
+ */
+const tagPipeTranslation = (
+  getWebappTranslation: any,
+  { enableTranslation, jhiPrefix }: ReplacerOptions,
+  { key, parsedInterpolate, prefix, suffix }: JHITranslateConverterOptions,
+) => {
+  if (!parsedInterpolate || Object.keys(parsedInterpolate).length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`No interpolation values found for translation key ${key}, use __jhiTranslateTag__ instead.`);
+  }
+  const translatedValueInterpolate = Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(parsedInterpolate).map(([key, value]) => [key, getWebappTranslation(value)]),
+  );
+  const translatedValue = escapeTranslationValue(getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key, translatedValueInterpolate));
+  if (enableTranslation) {
+    const translateValuesAttr = ` [translateValues]="{ ${Object.entries(parsedInterpolate)
+      .map(([key, value]) => `${key}: ('${value}' | translate)`)
+      .join(', ')} }"`;
+    return ` ${jhiPrefix}Translate="${key}"${translateValuesAttr}${prefix}${translatedValue}${suffix}`;
+  }
+
+  return `${prefix}${translatedValue}${suffix}`;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Creates a `translate` pipe.
+ * Or the translation value if translation is disabled.
+ */
+const pipeTranslation = (getWebappTranslation: any, { enableTranslation }: ReplacerOptions, { key }: JHITranslateConverterOptions) => {
+  if (enableTranslation) {
+    return `{{ '${key}' | translate }}`;
+  }
+
+  return `${escapeTranslationValue(getTranslationValue(getWebappTranslation, key))}`;
+};
+
 /**
  * Replace and cleanup translations.
  *
  * @type {import('../generator-base.js').EditFileCallback}
  * @this {import('../generator-base.js')}
  */
-export const createTranslationReplacer = (getWebappTranslation, enableTranslation) => {
+export const createTranslationReplacer = (getWebappTranslation, opts: ReplacerOptions | boolean) => {
   const htmlJhiTranslateReplacer = createJhiTransformTranslateReplacer(getWebappTranslation, { escapeHtml: true });
-  const htmlJhiTranslateStringifyReplacer = createJhiTransformTranslateStringifyReplacer(getWebappTranslation, { escapeHtml: true });
+  const htmlJhiTranslateStringifyReplacer = createJhiTransformTranslateStringifyReplacer(getWebappTranslation);
+  let translationReplacer: ((content: string) => string) | undefined;
+  const enableTranslation = typeof opts === 'boolean' ? opts : opts.enableTranslation;
+  if (typeof opts !== 'boolean') {
+    translationReplacer = createJhiTranslateReplacer(
+      optsReplacer => {
+        if (optsReplacer.type === 'Tag') {
+          return tagTranslation(getWebappTranslation, opts, optsReplacer);
+        }
+        if (optsReplacer.type === 'TagPipe') {
+          return tagPipeTranslation(getWebappTranslation, opts, optsReplacer);
+        }
+        if (optsReplacer.type === 'Pipe') {
+          return pipeTranslation(getWebappTranslation, opts, optsReplacer);
+        }
+        throw new Error(`Translation type not supported ${optsReplacer.type}`);
+      },
+      { prefixPattern: '>\\s*', suffixPattern: '\\s*<' },
+    );
+  }
   return function replaceAngularTranslations(content, filePath) {
     if (/\.html$/.test(filePath)) {
       if (!enableTranslation) {
@@ -122,6 +228,7 @@ export const createTranslationReplacer = (getWebappTranslation, enableTranslatio
     if (/(:?\.html|component\.ts)$/.test(filePath)) {
       content = htmlJhiTranslateReplacer(content);
       content = htmlJhiTranslateStringifyReplacer(content);
+      content = translationReplacer?.(content);
     }
     if (!enableTranslation) {
       if (/(:?route|module)\.ts$/.test(filePath)) {
@@ -138,11 +245,9 @@ export const createTranslationReplacer = (getWebappTranslation, enableTranslatio
 const minimatch = new Minimatch('**/*{.html,.component.ts,.route.ts,.module.ts}');
 export const isTranslatedAngularFile = file => minimatch.match(file.path);
 
-const translateAngularFilesTransform = (getWebappTranslation, enableTranslation) => {
-  const translate = createTranslationReplacer(getWebappTranslation, enableTranslation);
+export const translateAngularFilesTransform = (getWebappTranslation, opts: ReplacerOptions | boolean) => {
+  const translate = createTranslationReplacer(getWebappTranslation, opts);
   return passthrough(file => {
     file.contents = Buffer.from(translate(file.contents.toString(), file.path));
   });
 };
-
-export default translateAngularFilesTransform;

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/account/password/password.component.html.ejs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
   @if (account$ | async; as account) {
     <div class="col-md-8">
-      <h2 <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="password.title" [translateValues]="{ username: account.login }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('password.title', { "username": "{{ account.login }}" })</h2>
+      <h2>__jhiTranslateTag__('password.title', { "username": "account.login" })</h2>
 
     @if (success()) {
       <div class="alert alert-success" <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="password.messages.success">__jhiTransformTranslate__('password.messages.success')</div>

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/account/sessions/sessions.component.html.ejs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 -%>
 <div>
 @if (account) {
-  <h2 id="session-page-heading" <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="sessions.title" [translateValues]="{ username: account.login }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('sessions.title', { "username": "{{ account.login }}" })</h2>
+  <h2 id="session-page-heading">__jhiTranslateTag__('sessions.title', { "username": "account.login" })</h2>
 }
 
 @if (success) {

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/account/settings/settings.component.html.ejs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <div class="d-flex justify-content-center">
     <div class="col-md-8">
     @if (settingsForm.value.login) {
-      <h2 <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="settings.title" [translateValues]="{ username: settingsForm.value.login }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('settings.title', { "username": "{{ settingsForm.value.login }}" })</h2>
+      <h2>__jhiTranslateTag__('settings.title', { "username": "settingsForm.value.login" })</h2>
     }
 
     @if (success()) {

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/admin/logs/logs.component.html.ejs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     </div>
     <%_ } _%>
 
-    <p <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="logs.nbloggers" [translateValues]="{ total: loggers()?.length }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('logs.nbloggers', { "total": "{{ loggers()?.length }}" })</p>
+    <p>__jhiTranslateTag__('logs.nbloggers', { "total": "loggers()?.length" })</p>
 
     <span <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="logs.filter">__jhiTransformTranslate__('logs.filter')</span>
     <input type="text" [ngModel]="filter()" (ngModelChange)="filter.set($event)" class="form-control" />

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/admin/user-management/delete/user-management-delete-dialog.component.html.ejs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <div class="modal-body">
     <<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-alert-error></<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-alert-error>
 
-    <p <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="userManagement.delete.question" [translateValues]="{ login: user.login }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('userManagement.delete.question', { "login": "{{ user.login }}" })</p>
+    <p>__jhiTranslateTag__('userManagement.delete.question', { "login": "user.login" })</p>
   </div>
 
   <div class="modal-footer">

generators/angular/templates/src/main/webapp/app/entities/_entityFolder_/delete/_entityFile_-delete-dialog.component.html.ejs

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <div class="modal-body">
         <<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-alert-error></<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-alert-error>
-        <p id="<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-delete-<%= entityInstance %>-heading" <%= jhiPrefix %>Translate="<%= i18nKeyPrefix %>.delete.question" [translateValues]="{ id: <%= entityInstance %>.<%= primaryKey.name %> }">__jhiTransformTranslate__('<%- i18nKeyPrefix %>.delete.question', { "id": "{{ <%- entityInstance%>.<%- primaryKey.name%> }}" })</p>
+        <p id="<%= jhiPrefixDashed %>-delete-<%= entityInstance %>-heading">__jhiTranslateTag__('<%- i18nKeyPrefix %>.delete.question', { "id": "<%- entityInstance%>.<%- primaryKey.name%>" })</p>
     </div>
 
     <div class="modal-footer">