Backport of #2407

browser/current-context.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 module.exports = function(loopback) {
   loopback.getCurrentContext = function() {
     return null;
@@ -10,6 +12,6 @@ module.exports = function(loopback) {
 
   loopback.runInContext =
   loopback.createContext = function() {
-    throw new Error('Current context is not supported in the browser.');
+    throw new Error(g.f('Current context is not supported in the browser.'));
   };
 };

common/models/access-token.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * Module Dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../lib/loopback');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var uid = require('uid2');
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ module.exports = function(AccessToken) {
             } else if (isValid) {
               cb(null, token);
             } else {
-              var e = new Error('Invalid Access Token');
+              var e = new Error(g.f('Invalid Access Token'));
               e.status = e.statusCode = 401;
               e.code = 'INVALID_TOKEN';
               cb(e);

common/models/acl.js

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../lib/loopback');
 var async = require('async');
 var assert = require('assert');
@@ -535,7 +537,7 @@ module.exports = function(ACL) {
         break;
       default:
         process.nextTick(function() {
-          var err = new Error('Invalid principal type: ' + type);
+          var err = new Error(g.f('Invalid principal type: %s', type));
           err.statusCode = 400;
           cb(err);
         });

common/models/change.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * Module Dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var PersistedModel = require('../../lib/loopback').PersistedModel;
 var loopback = require('../../lib/loopback');
 var utils = require('../../lib/utils');
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ module.exports = function(Change) {
           })
           .join('\n');
 
-        var msg = 'Cannot rectify ' + modelName + ' changes:\n' + desc;
+        var msg = g.f('Cannot rectify %s changes:\n%s', modelName, desc);
         err = new Error(msg);
         err.details = { errors: errors };
         return callback(err);

common/models/email.js

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  * @inherits {Model}
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 module.exports = function(Email) {
 
   /**
@@ -44,13 +46,13 @@ module.exports = function(Email) {
    */
 
   Email.send = function() {
-    throw new Error('You must connect the Email Model to a Mail connector');
+    throw new Error(g.f('You must connect the {{Email}} Model to a {{Mail}} connector'));
   };
 
   /**
    * A shortcut for Email.send(this).
    */
   Email.prototype.send = function() {
-    throw new Error('You must connect the Email Model to a Mail connector');
+    throw new Error(g.f('You must connect the {{Email}} Model to a {{Mail}} connector'));
   };
 };

common/models/user.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * Module Dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../lib/loopback');
 var utils = require('../../lib/utils');
 var path = require('path');
@@ -205,14 +207,14 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       realmDelimiter);
 
     if (realmRequired && !query.realm) {
-      var err1 = new Error('realm is required');
+      var err1 = new Error(g.f('{{realm}} is required'));
       err1.statusCode = 400;
       err1.code = 'REALM_REQUIRED';
       fn(err1);
       return fn.promise;
     }
     if (!query.email && !query.username) {
-      var err2 = new Error('username or email is required');
+      var err2 = new Error(g.f('{{username}} or {{email}} is required'));
       err2.statusCode = 400;
       err2.code = 'USERNAME_EMAIL_REQUIRED';
       fn(err2);
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     }
 
     self.findOne({where: query}, function(err, user) {
-      var defaultError = new Error('login failed');
+      var defaultError = new Error(g.f('login failed'));
       defaultError.statusCode = 401;
       defaultError.code = 'LOGIN_FAILED';
 
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
             if (self.settings.emailVerificationRequired && !user.emailVerified) {
               // Fail to log in if email verification is not done yet
               debug('User email has not been verified');
-              err = new Error('login failed as the email has not been verified');
+              err = new Error(g.f('login failed as the email has not been verified'));
               err.statusCode = 401;
               err.code = 'LOGIN_FAILED_EMAIL_NOT_VERIFIED';
               fn(err);
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
       } else if (accessToken) {
         accessToken.destroy(fn);
       } else {
-        fn(new Error('could not find accessToken'));
+        fn(new Error(g.f('could not find {{accessToken}}')));
       }
     });
     return fn.promise;
@@ -438,15 +440,21 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 
       options.text = options.text.replace(/\{href\}/g, options.verifyHref);
 
+      options.text = g.f(options.text);
+
       options.to = options.to || user.email;
 
       options.subject = options.subject || 'Thanks for Registering';
 
+      options.subject = g.f(options.subject);
+
       options.headers = options.headers || {};
 
       var template = loopback.template(options.template);
       options.html = template(options);
 
+      options.html = g.f(options.html);
+
       Email.send(options, function(err, email) {
         if (err) {
           fn(err);
@@ -501,11 +509,11 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
           });
         } else {
           if (user) {
-            err = new Error('Invalid token: ' + token);
+            err = new Error(g.f('Invalid token: %s', token));
             err.statusCode = 400;
             err.code = 'INVALID_TOKEN';
           } else {
-            err = new Error('User not found: ' + uid);
+            err = new Error(g.f('User not found: %s', uid));
             err.statusCode = 404;
             err.code = 'USER_NOT_FOUND';
           }
@@ -533,7 +541,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 
     options = options || {};
     if (typeof options.email !== 'string') {
-      var err = new Error('Email is required');
+      var err = new Error(g.f('Email is required'));
       err.statusCode = 400;
       err.code = 'EMAIL_REQUIRED';
       cb(err);
@@ -545,7 +553,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
         return cb(err);
       }
       if (!user) {
-        err = new Error('Email not found');
+        err = new Error(g.f('Email not found'));
         err.statusCode = 404;
         err.code = 'EMAIL_NOT_FOUND';
         return cb(err);
@@ -581,7 +589,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     if (typeof plain === 'string' && plain) {
       return true;
     }
-    var err =  new Error('Invalid password: ' + plain);
+    var err =  new Error(g.f('Invalid password: %s', plain));
     err.statusCode = 422;
     throw err;
   };
@@ -640,20 +648,21 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     UserModel.remoteMethod(
       'login',
       {
-        description: 'Login a user with username/email and password.',
+        description: g.f('Login a user with username/email and password.'),
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'credentials', type: 'object', required: true, http: {source: 'body'}},
-          {arg: 'include', type: ['string'], http: {source: 'query' },
+          {arg: 'include', type: ['string'], http: {source: 'query'},
-            description: 'Related objects to include in the response. ' +
+            description: g.f('Related objects to include in the response. ' +
-            'See the description of return value for more details.'}
+            'See the description of return value for more details.') },
         ],
         returns: {
           arg: 'accessToken', type: 'object', root: true,
           description:
-            'The response body contains properties of the AccessToken created on login.\n' +
+            g.f('The response body contains properties of the {{AccessToken}} created on login.\n' +
             'Depending on the value of `include` parameter, the body may contain ' +
             'additional properties:\n\n' +
-            '  - `user` - `{User}` - Data of the currently logged in user. (`include=user`)\n\n'
+            '  - `user` - `U+007BUserU+007D` - Data of the currently logged in user. ' +
+            '{{(`include=user`)}}\n\n'),
         },
         http: {verb: 'post'}
       }
@@ -662,17 +671,17 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     UserModel.remoteMethod(
       'logout',
       {
-        description: 'Logout a user with access token.',
+        description: g.f('Logout a user with access token.'),
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'access_token', type: 'string', required: true, http: function(ctx) {
-            var req = ctx && ctx.req;
+              var req = ctx && ctx.req;
-            var accessToken = req && req.accessToken;
+              var accessToken = req && req.accessToken;
-            var tokenID = accessToken && accessToken.id;
+              var tokenID = accessToken && accessToken.id;
-
+              return tokenID;
-            return tokenID;
+            }, description: g.f('Do not supply this argument, it is automatically extracted ' +
-          }, description: 'Do not supply this argument, it is automatically extracted ' +
+            'from request headers.'),
-            'from request headers.'
+        },
-        }],
+        ],
         http: {verb: 'all'}
       }
     );
@@ -680,7 +689,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     UserModel.remoteMethod(
       'confirm',
       {
-        description: 'Confirm a user registration with email verification token.',
+        description: g.f('Confirm a user registration with email verification token.'),
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'uid', type: 'string', required: true},
           {arg: 'token', type: 'string', required: true},
@@ -693,7 +702,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     UserModel.remoteMethod(
       'resetPassword',
       {
-        description: 'Reset password for a user with email.',
+        description: g.f('Reset password for a user with email.'),
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'options', type: 'object', required: true, http: {source: 'body'}}
         ],
@@ -704,7 +713,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     UserModel.afterRemote('confirm', function(ctx, inst, next) {
       if (ctx.args.redirect !== undefined) {
         if (!ctx.res) {
-          return next(new Error('The transport does not support HTTP redirects.'));
+          return next(new Error(g.f('The transport does not support HTTP redirects.')));
         }
         ctx.res.location(ctx.args.redirect);
         ctx.res.status(302);
@@ -722,7 +731,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     // email validation regex
     var re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
 
-    UserModel.validatesFormatOf('email', {with: re, message: 'Must provide a valid email'});
+    UserModel.validatesFormatOf('email', {with: re, message: g.f('Must provide a valid email')});
 
     // FIXME: We need to add support for uniqueness of composite keys in juggler
     if (!(UserModel.settings.realmRequired || UserModel.settings.realmDelimiter)) {

example/client-server/client.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../');
 var client = loopback();
 var CartItem = require('./models').CartItem;
@@ -16,10 +18,10 @@ CartItem.attachTo(remote);
 
 // call the remote method
 CartItem.sum(1, function(err, total) {
-  console.log('result:', err || total);
+  g.log('result:%s', err || total);
 });
 
 // call a built in remote method
 CartItem.find(function(err, items) {
-  console.log(items);
+  g.log(items);
 });

example/colors/app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../');
 var app = loopback();
 
@@ -22,4 +24,4 @@ Color.create({name: 'blue'});
 
 app.listen(3000);
 
-console.log('a list of colors is available at http://localhost:3000/colors');
+g.log('a list of colors is available at {{http://localhost:3000/colors}}');

example/context/app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../');
 var app = loopback();
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ var Color = loopback.createModel('color', { 'name': String });
 Color.beforeRemote('**', function (ctx, unused, next) {
   // Inside LoopBack code, you can read the property from the context
   var ns = loopback.getCurrentContext();
-  console.log('Request to host', ns && ns.get('host'));
+  g.log('Request to host %s', ns && ns.get('host'));
   next();
 });
 
@@ -30,5 +32,5 @@ app.dataSource('db', { connector: 'memory' });
 app.model(Color, { dataSource: 'db' });
 
 app.listen(3000, function() {
-  console.log('A list of colors is available at http://localhost:3000/colors');
+  g.log('A list of colors is available at {{http://localhost:3000/colors}}');
 });

example/mobile-models/app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var models = require('../../lib/models');
 
 var loopback = require('../../');
@@ -37,14 +39,15 @@ var data = {pushSettings: [
 ]}
 
 Application.create(data, function(err, data) {
-   console.log('Created: ', data.toObject());
+  g.log('Created: %s', data.toObject());
 });
 
 
-Application.register('rfeng', 'MyApp', {description: 'My first mobile application'}, function (err, result) {
+Application.register('rfeng', 'MyApp', { description: g.f('My first mobile application') },
+    function(err, result) {
+  console.log(result.toObject());
+
+  result.resetKeys(function(err, result) {
     console.log(result.toObject());
-
+  });
-    result.resetKeys(function (err, result) {
-        console.log(result.toObject());
-    });
 });

example/simple-data-source/app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var loopback = require('../../');
 var app = loopback();
 
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ Color.all(function () {
 
 app.listen(3000);
 
-console.log('a list of colors is available at http://localhost:3000/colors');
+g.log('a list of colors is available at {{http://localhost:3000/colors}}');

index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var SG = require('strong-globalize');
+SG.SetRootDir(__dirname, {autonomousMsgLoading: 'all'});
+
 /**
  * loopback ~ public api
  */

intl/en/messages.json

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+{
+  "3b46d3a780fd6ae5f95ade489a0efffe": "Current context is not supported in the browser.",
+  "7e0fca41d098607e1c9aa353c67e0fa1": "Invalid Access Token",
+  "320c482401afa1207c04343ab162e803": "Invalid principal type: {0}",
+  "c2b5d51f007178170ca3952d59640ca4": "Cannot rectify {0} changes:\n{1}",
+  "5858e63efaa0e4ad86b61c0459ea32fa": "You must connect the {{Email}} Model to a {{Mail}} connector",
+  "0caffe1d763c8cca6a61814abe33b776": "Email is required",
+  "1b2a6076dccbe91a56f1672eb3b8598c": "The response body contains properties of the {{AccessToken}} created on login.\nDepending on the value of `include` parameter, the body may contain additional properties:\n\n  - `user` - `U+007BUserU+007D` - Data of the currently logged in user. {{(`include=user`)}}\n\n",
+  "2362ba55796c733e337af169922327a2": "Related objects to include in the response. See the description of return value for more details.",
+  "306999d39387d87b2638199ff0bed8ad": "Reset password for a user with email.",
+  "3aae63bb7e8e046641767571c1591441": "login failed as the email has not been verified",
+  "3caaa84fc103d6d5612173ae6d43b245": "Invalid token: {0}",
+  "42e3fa18945255412ebc6561e2c6f1dc": "Confirm a user registration with email verification token.",
+  "430b6326d7ebf6600a39f614ef516bc8": "Do not supply this argument, it is automatically extracted from request headers.",
+  "44a6c8b1ded4ed653d19ddeaaf89a606": "Email not found",
+  "5e81ad3847a290dc650b47618b9cbc7e": "login failed",
+  "83cfabbe3aa84ce52e0f5ed7c3b2e9b3": "Login a user with username/email and password.",
+  "8608c28f5e6df0008266e3c497836176": "Logout a user with access token.",
+  "860d1a0b8bd340411fb32baa72867989": "The transport does not support HTTP redirects.",
+  "895b1f941d026870b3cc8e6af087c197": "{{username}} or {{email}} is required",
+  "a50d10fc6e0959b220e085454c40381e": "User not found: {0}",
+  "ba96498b10c179f9cd75f75c8def4f70": "{{realm}} is required",
+  "c34fa20eea0091747fcc9eda204b8d37": "could not find {{accessToken}}",
+  "c68a93f0a9524fed4ff64372fc90c55f": "Must provide a valid email",
+  "f58cdc481540cd1f69a4aa4da2e37981": "Invalid password: {0}",
+  "f0bd73df8714cefb925e3b8da2f4c5f6": "result:{0}",
+  "10e01c895dc0b2fecc385f9f462f1ca6": "a list of colors is available at {{http://localhost:3000/colors}}",
+  "8a27e0c9ce3ebf0e0c3978efb456e13e": "Request to host {0}",
+  "a40684f5a9f546115258b76938d1de37": "A list of colors is available at {{http://localhost:3000/colors}}",
+  "1e85f822b547a75d7d385048030e4ecb": "Created: {0}",
+  "7d5e7ed0efaedf3f55f380caae0df8b8": "My first mobile application",
+  "04bd8af876f001ceaf443aad6a9002f9": "Authentication requires model {0} to be defined.",
+  "095afbf2f1f0e5be678f5dac5c54e717": "Access Denied",
+  "2d3071e3b18681c80a090dc0efbdb349": "could not find {0} with id {1}",
+  "316e5b82c203cf3de31a449ee07d0650": "Expected boolean, got {0}",
+  "57b87ae0e65f6ab7a2e3e6cbdfca49a4": "Cannot create data source {0}: {1}",
+  "7e287fc885d9fdcf42da3a12f38572c1": "Authorization Required",
+  "d5552322de5605c58b62f47ad26d2716": "{{`app.boot`}} was removed, use the new module {{loopback-boot}} instead",
+  "1d7833c3ca2f05fdad8fad7537531c40": "\t SUBJECT:{0}",
+  "275f22ab95671f095640ca99194b7635": "\t FROM:{0}",
+  "3d63008ccfb2af1db2142e8cc2716ace": "Warning: No email transport specified for sending email. Setup a transport to send mail messages.",
+  "4a4f04a4e480fc5d4ee73b84d9a4b904": "Sending Mail:",
+  "63a091ced88001ab6acb58f61ec041c5": "\t TEXT:{0}",
+  "93ba9a1d03da3b7696332d3f155c5bb7": "\t HTML:{0}",
+  "ecb06666ef95e5db27a5ac1d6a17923b": "\t TO:{0}",
+  "f0aed00a3d3d0b97d6594e4b70e0c201": "\t TRANSPORT:{0}",
+  "0da38687fed24275c1547e815914a8e3": "Delete a related item by id for {0}.",
+  "0e4f89f8dde1e88cbfc6c1d88f0f77cb": "Criteria to match model instances",
+  "22fe62fa8d595b72c62208beddaa2a56": "Update a related item by id for {0}.",
+  "528325f3cbf1b0ab9a08447515daac9a": "Update {0} of this model.",
+  "543d19bad5e47ee1e9eb8af688e857b4": "Foreign key for {0}.",
+  "598ff0255ffd1d1b71e8de55dbe2c034": "Check the existence of {0} relation to an item by id.",
+  "5a36cc6ba0cc27c754f6c5ed6015ea3c": "Remove the {0} relation to an item by id.",
+  "5fa3afb425819ebde958043e598cb664": "could not find a model with {{id}} {0}",
+  "61e5deebaf44d68f4e6a508f30cc31a3": "Relation `{0}` does not exist for model `{1}`",
+  "651f0b3cbba001635152ec3d3d954d0a": "Find a related item by id for {0}.",
+  "7bc7b301ad9c4fc873029d57fb9740fe": "Queries {0} of {1}.",
+  "7c837b88fd0e509bd3fc722d7ddf0711": "Foreign key for {0}",
+  "830cb6c862f8f364e9064cea0026f701": "Fetches hasOne relation {0}.",
+  "855ecd4a64885ba272d782435f72a4d4": "Unknown \"{0}\" id \"{1}\".",
+  "86254879d01a60826a851066987703f2": "Add a related item by id for {0}.",
+  "8ae418c605b6a45f2651be9b1677c180": "Invalid remote method: `{0}`",
+  "9e3cbc1d5a9347cdcf6d1b4a6dbb55b7": "Fetches belongsTo relation {0}.",
+  "c0057a569ff9d3b509bac61a4b2f605d": "Deletes all {0} of this model.",
+  "cd0412f2f33a4a2a316acc834f3f21a6": "must specify an {{id}} or {{data}}",
+  "d6f43b266533b04d442bdb3955622592": "Creates a new instance in {0} of this model.",
+  "da13d3cdf21330557254670dddd8c5c7": "Counts {0} of {1}.",
+  "e4434de4bb8f5a3cd1d416e4d80d7e0b": "Unknown \"{0}\" {{id}} \"{1}\".",
+  "f66ae3cf379b2fce28575a3282defe1a": "Deletes {0} of this model.",
+  "03f79fa268fe199de2ce4345515431c1": "No change record found for {0} with id {1}",
+  "0f1c71f74b040bfbe8d384a414e31f03": "Get a set of deltas and conflicts since the given checkpoint.",
+  "15254dec061d023d6c030083a0cef50f": "Create a new instance of the model and persist it into the data source.",
+  "16a11368d55b85a209fc6aea69ee5f7a": "Delete all matching records.",
+  "1bc1d489ddf347af47af3d9b1fc7cc15": "Run multiple updates at once. Note: this is not atomic.",
+  "1bc7d8283c9abda512692925c8d8e3c0": "Get the current checkpoint.",
+  "1caa7cc61266e7aef7db7d2f0e27ac3e": "Update the properties of the most recent change record kept for this instance.",
+  "2a7df74fe6e8462e617b79d5fbb536ea": "Get the most recent change record for this instance.",
+  "2a9684b3d5b3b67af74bac74eb1b0843": "Find all instances of the model matched by filter from the data source.",
+  "2e50838caf0c927735eb15d12866bdd7": "Get the changes to a model since a given checkpoint.Provide a filter object to reduce the number of results returned.",
+  "4203ab415ec66a78d3164345439ba76e": "Cannot call {0}.{1}(). The {2} method has not been setup. The {{PersistedModel}} has not been correctly attached to a {{DataSource}}!",
+  "51ea9b6245bb5e672b236d640ca3b048": "An object of Change property name/value pairs",
+  "55ddedd4c501348f82cb89db02ec85c1": "An object of model property name/value pairs",
+  "5aaa76c72ae1689fd3cf62589784a4ba": "Update attributes for a model instance and persist it into the data source.",
+  "5f659bbc15e6e2b249fa33b3879b5f69": "Find a model instance by {{id}} from the data source.",
+  "62e8b0a733417978bab22c8dacf5d7e6": "Cannot apply bulk updates, the connector does not correctly report the number of updated records.",
+  "6329e0ac1de3c250ebb1df5afd5a2a7b": "The number of instances updated",
+  "6bc376432cd9972cf991aad3de371e78": "Missing data for change: {0}",
+  "79295ac04822d2e9702f0dd1d0240336": "Update instances of the model matched by {{where}} from the data source.",
+  "7f2fde7f0f860ead224b11ba8d75aa1c": "Create an update list from a delta list.",
+  "89b57e764c2267129294b07589dbfdc2": "Delete a model instance by {{id}} from the data source.",
+  "8bab6720ecc58ec6412358c858a53484": "Bulk update failed, the connector has modified unexpected number of records: {0}",
+  "a98b6cc6547706b5c6bffde0ed5fd55c": "Find first instance of the model matched by filter from the data source.",
+  "c46d4aba1f14809c16730faa46933495": "Filter defining fields and include",
+  "c65600640f206f585d300b4bcb699d95": "Create a checkpoint.",
+  "cf64c7afc74d3a8120abcd028f98c770": "Update an existing model instance or insert a new one into the data source.",
+  "dcb6261868ff0a7b928aa215b07d068c": "Create a change stream.",
+  "e43e320a435ec1fa07648c1da0d558a7": "Check whether a model instance exists in the data source.",
+  "e92aa25b6b864e3454b65a7c422bd114": "Bulk update failed, the connector has deleted unexpected number of records: {0}",
+  "ea63d226b6968e328bdf6876010786b5": "Cannot apply bulk updates, the connector does not correctly report the number of deleted records.",
+  "f1d4ac54357cc0932f385d56814ba7e4": "Conflict",
+  "f37d94653793e33f4203e45b4a1cf106": "Count instances of the model matched by where from the data source.",
+  "0731d0109e46c21a4e34af3346ed4856": "This behaviour may change in the next major version.",
+  "2e110abee2c95bcfc2dafd48be7e2095": "Cannot configure {0}: {{config.dataSource}} must be an instance of {{DataSource}}",
+  "308e1d484516a33df788f873e65faaff": "Model `{0}` is extending deprecated `DataModel. Use `PersistedModel` instead.",
+  "3438fab56cc7ab92dfd88f0497e523e0": "The relations property of `{0}` configuration must be an object",
+  "4cac5f051ae431321673e04045d37772": "Model `{0}` is extending an unknown model `{1}`. Using `PersistedModel` as the base.",
+  "734a7bebb65e10899935126ba63dd51f": "The options property of `{0}` configuration must be an object",
+  "779467f467862836e19f494a37d6ab77": "The acls property of `{0}` configuration must be an array of objects",
+  "80a32e80cbed65eba2103201a7c94710": "Model not found: {0}",
+  "83cbdc2560ba9f09155ccfc63e08f1a1": "Property `{0}` cannot be reconfigured for `{1}`",
+  "97795efe0c3eb7f35ce8cf8cfe70682b": "The configuration of `{0}` is missing {{`dataSource`}} property.\nUse `null` or `false` to mark models not attached to any data source.",
+  "a80038252430df2754884bf3c845c4cf": "Remoting metadata for \"{0}.{1}\" is missing \"isStatic\" flag, the method is registered as an instance method.",
+  "dc568bee32deb0f6eaf63e73b20e8ceb": "Ignoring non-object \"methods\" setting of \"{0}\".",
+  "3aecb24fa8bdd3f79d168761ca8a6729": "Unknown {{middleware}} phase {0}"
+}

lib/application.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var DataSource = require('loopback-datasource-juggler').DataSource;
 var Registry = require('./registry');
 var assert = require('assert');
@@ -237,8 +239,8 @@ app.dataSource = function(name, config) {
     return ds;
   } catch (err) {
     if (err.message) {
-      err.message = 'Cannot create data source ' + JSON.stringify(name) +
+      err.message = g.f('Cannot create data source %s: %s',
-        ': ' + err.message;
+        JSON.stringify(name), err.message);
     }
     throw err;
   }
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ app.enableAuth = function(options) {
       var Model = app.registry.findModel(m);
       if (!Model) {
         throw new Error(
-          'Authentication requires model ' + m + ' to be defined.');
+          g.f('Authentication requires model %s to be defined.', m));
       }
 
       if (m.dataSource || m.app) return;
@@ -378,17 +380,17 @@ app.enableAuth = function(options) {
 
             var messages = {
               403: {
-                message: 'Access Denied',
+                message: g.f('Access Denied'),
-                code: 'ACCESS_DENIED'
+                code: 'ACCESS_DENIED',
               },
               404: {
-                message: ('could not find ' + modelName + ' with id ' + modelId),
+                message: (g.f('could not find %s with id %s', modelName, modelId)),
-                code: 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND'
+                code: 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND',
               },
               401: {
-                message: 'Authorization Required',
+                message: g.f('Authorization Required'),
-                code: 'AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED'
+                code: 'AUTHORIZATION_REQUIRED',
-              }
+              },
             };
 
             var e = new Error(messages[errStatusCode].message || messages[403].message);
@@ -408,7 +410,7 @@ app.enableAuth = function(options) {
 
 app.boot = function(options) {
   throw new Error(
-    '`app.boot` was removed, use the new module loopback-boot instead');
+    g.f('{{`app.boot`}} was removed, use the new module {{loopback-boot}} instead'));
 };
 
 function dataSourcesFromConfig(name, config, connectorRegistry, registry) {
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ function setSharedMethodSharedProperties(model, app, modelConfigs) {
     var settingValue = settings[setting];
     var settingValueType = typeof settingValue;
     if (settingValueType !== 'boolean')
-      throw new TypeError('Expected boolean, got ' + settingValueType);
+      throw new TypeError(g.f('Expected boolean, got %s', settingValueType));
   });
 
   // set sharedMethod.shared using the merged settings

lib/connectors/mail.js

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  * Dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var mailer = require('nodemailer');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:connector:mail');
@@ -149,22 +151,22 @@ Mailer.send = function(options, fn) {
   }
 
   if (debug.enabled || settings && settings.debug) {
-    console.log('Sending Mail:');
+    g.log('Sending Mail:');
     if (options.transport) {
-      console.log('\t TRANSPORT:', options.transport);
+      console.log(g.f('\t TRANSPORT:%s', options.transport));
     }
-    console.log('\t TO:', options.to);
+    g.log('\t TO:%s', options.to);
-    console.log('\t FROM:', options.from);
+    g.log('\t FROM:%s', options.from);
-    console.log('\t SUBJECT:', options.subject);
+    g.log('\t SUBJECT:%s', options.subject);
-    console.log('\t TEXT:', options.text);
+    g.log('\t TEXT:%s', options.text);
-    console.log('\t HTML:', options.html);
+    g.log('\t HTML:%s', options.html);
   }
 
   if (transport) {
     assert(transport.sendMail, 'You must supply an Email.settings.transports containing a valid transport');
     transport.sendMail(options, fn);
   } else {
-    console.warn('Warning: No email transport specified for sending email.' +
+    g.warn('Warning: No email transport specified for sending email.' +
       ' Setup a transport to send mail messages.');
     process.nextTick(function() {
       fn(null, options);

lib/model.js

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 /*!
  * Module Dependencies.
  */
+
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var assert = require('assert');
 var RemoteObjects = require('strong-remoting');
 var SharedClass = require('strong-remoting').SharedClass;
@@ -168,14 +171,14 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
           } else if (model) {
             fn(null, model);
           } else {
-            err = new Error('could not find a model with id ' + id);
+            err = new Error(g.f('could not find a model with {{id}} %s', id));
             err.statusCode = 404;
             err.code = 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND';
             fn(err);
           }
         });
       } else {
-        fn(new Error('must specify an id or data'));
+        fn(new Error(g.f('must specify an {{id}} or {{data}}')));
       }
     };
 
@@ -449,8 +452,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'refresh', type: 'boolean', http: {source: 'query'}},
       accessType: 'READ',
-      description: 'Fetches belongsTo relation ' + relationName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Fetches belongsTo relation %s.', relationName),
-      returns: {arg: relationName, type: modelName, root: true}
+      returns: {arg: relationName, type: modelName, root: true},
     }, fn);
   };
 
@@ -458,7 +461,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     if (ctx.result !== null) return cb();
 
     var fk = ctx.getArgByName('fk');
-    var msg = 'Unknown "' + toModelName + '" id "' + fk + '".';
+    var msg = g.f('Unknown "%s" id "%s".', toModelName, fk);
     var error = new Error(msg);
     error.statusCode = error.status = 404;
     error.code = 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND';
@@ -473,7 +476,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'refresh', type: 'boolean', http: {source: 'query'}},
-      description: 'Fetches hasOne relation ' + relationName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Fetches hasOne relation %s.', relationName),
       accessType: 'READ',
       returns: {arg: relationName, type: relation.modelTo.modelName, root: true},
       rest: {after: convertNullToNotFoundError.bind(null, toModelName)}
@@ -483,7 +486,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'post', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, http: {source: 'body'}},
-      description: 'Creates a new instance in ' + relationName + ' of this model.',
+      description: g.f('Creates a new instance in %s of this model.', relationName),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, root: true}
     });
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'put', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, http: {source: 'body'}},
-      description: 'Update ' + relationName + ' of this model.',
+      description: g.f('Update %s of this model.', relationName),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, root: true}
     });
@@ -500,8 +503,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     define('__destroy__' + relationName, {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'delete', path: '/' + pathName},
-      description: 'Deletes ' + relationName + ' of this model.',
+      description: g.f('Deletes %s of this model.', relationName),
-      accessType: 'WRITE'
+      accessType: 'WRITE',
     });
   };
 
@@ -514,9 +517,10 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/' + pathName + '/:fk'},
       accepts: {arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-        description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+        description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
+        required: true,
         http: {source: 'path'}},
-      description: 'Find a related item by id for ' + relationName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Find a related item by id for %s.', relationName),
       accessType: 'READ',
       returns: {arg: 'result', type: toModelName, root: true},
       rest: {after: convertNullToNotFoundError.bind(null, toModelName)}
@@ -526,10 +530,11 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     define('__destroyById__' + relationName, {
       isStatic: false,
       http: {verb: 'delete', path: '/' + pathName + '/:fk'},
-      accepts: {arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
+      accepts: { arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-        description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+        description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
+        required: true,
         http: {source: 'path'}},
-      description: 'Delete a related item by id for ' + relationName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Delete a related item by id for %s.', relationName),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       returns: []
     }, destroyByIdFunc);
@@ -540,11 +545,12 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       http: {verb: 'put', path: '/' + pathName + '/:fk'},
       accepts: [
         {arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-          description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+          description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
-          http: {source: 'path'}},
+          required: true,
-        {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, http: {source: 'body'}}
+          http: { source: 'path' }},
+        {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, http: {source: 'body'}},
       ],
-      description: 'Update a related item by id for ' + relationName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Update a related item by id for %s.', relationName),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       returns: {arg: 'result', type: toModelName, root: true}
     }, updateByIdFunc);
@@ -562,10 +568,11 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       define('__link__' + relationName, {
         isStatic: false,
         http: {verb: 'put', path: '/' + pathName + '/rel/:fk'},
-        accepts: [{arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
+        accepts: [{ arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-          description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+          description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
+          required: true,
           http: {source: 'path'}}].concat(accepts),
-        description: 'Add a related item by id for ' + relationName + '.',
+        description: g.f('Add a related item by id for %s.', relationName),
         accessType: 'WRITE',
         returns: {arg: relationName, type: modelThrough.modelName, root: true}
       }, addFunc);
@@ -575,9 +582,10 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         isStatic: false,
         http: {verb: 'delete', path: '/' + pathName + '/rel/:fk'},
         accepts: {arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-          description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+          description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
+          required: true,
           http: {source: 'path'}},
-        description: 'Remove the ' + relationName + ' relation to an item by id.',
+        description: g.f('Remove the %s relation to an item by id.', relationName),
         accessType: 'WRITE',
         returns: []
       }, removeFunc);
@@ -589,9 +597,10 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         isStatic: false,
         http: {verb: 'head', path: '/' + pathName + '/rel/:fk'},
         accepts: {arg: 'fk', type: 'any',
-          description: 'Foreign key for ' + relationName, required: true,
+          description: g.f('Foreign key for %s', relationName),
+          required: true,
           http: {source: 'path'}},
-        description: 'Check the existence of ' + relationName + ' relation to an item by id.',
+        description: g.f('Check the existence of %s relation to an item by id.', relationName),
         accessType: 'READ',
         returns: {arg: 'exists', type: 'boolean', root: true},
         rest: {
@@ -600,7 +609,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
             if (ctx.result === false) {
               var modelName = ctx.method.sharedClass.name;
               var id = ctx.getArgByName('id');
-              var msg = 'Unknown "' + modelName + '" id "' + id + '".';
+              var msg = g.f('Unknown "%s" {{id}} "%s".', modelName, id);
               var error = new Error(msg);
               error.statusCode = error.status = 404;
               error.code = 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND';
@@ -634,7 +643,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: isStatic,
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object'},
-      description: 'Queries ' + scopeName + ' of ' + this.modelName + '.',
+      description: g.f('Queries %s of %s.', scopeName, this.modelName),
       accessType: 'READ',
       returns: {arg: scopeName, type: [toModelName], root: true}
     });
@@ -643,7 +652,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       isStatic: isStatic,
       http: {verb: 'post', path: '/' + pathName},
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, http: {source: 'body'}},
-      description: 'Creates a new instance in ' + scopeName + ' of this model.',
+      description: g.f('Creates a new instance in %s of this model.', scopeName),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: toModelName, root: true}
     });
@@ -651,15 +660,16 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     define('__delete__' + scopeName, {
       isStatic: isStatic,
       http: {verb: 'delete', path: '/' + pathName},
-      description: 'Deletes all ' + scopeName + ' of this model.',
+      description: g.f('Deletes all %s of this model.', scopeName),
-      accessType: 'WRITE'
+      accessType: 'WRITE',
     });
 
     define('__count__' + scopeName, {
       isStatic: isStatic,
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/' + pathName + '/count'},
-      accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object', description: 'Criteria to match model instances'},
+      accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object',
-      description: 'Counts ' + scopeName + ' of ' + this.modelName + '.',
+        description: g.f('Criteria to match model instances')},
+      description: g.f('Counts %s of %s.', scopeName, this.modelName),
       accessType: 'READ',
       returns: {arg: 'count',  type: 'number'}
     });
@@ -708,9 +718,9 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         acceptArgs = [
           {
             arg: paramName, type: 'any', http: { source: 'path' },
-            description: 'Foreign key for ' + relation.name + '.',
+            description: g.f('Foreign key for %s.',  relation.name),
-            required: true
+            required: true,
-          }
+          },
         ];
       } else {
         httpPath = pathName;
@@ -738,12 +748,12 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
           var getterFn = relation.modelFrom.prototype[getterName];
           if (typeof getterFn !== 'function') {
-            throw new Error('Invalid remote method: `' + getterName + '`');
+            throw new Error(g.f('Invalid remote method: `%s`', getterName));
           }
 
           var nestedFn = relation.modelTo.prototype[method.name];
           if (typeof nestedFn !== 'function') {
-            throw new Error('Invalid remote method: `' + method.name + '`');
+            throw new Error(g.f('Invalid remote method: `%s`', method.name));
           }
 
           var opts = {};
@@ -836,7 +846,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       });
 
     } else {
-      throw new Error('Relation `' + relationName + '` does not exist for model `' + this.modelName + '`');
+      var msg = g.f('Relation `%s` does not exist for model `%s`', relationName, this.modelName);
+      throw new Error(msg);
     }
   };
 

lib/persisted-model.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * Module Dependencies.
  */
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
 var runtime = require('./runtime');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var async = require('async');
@@ -65,9 +66,10 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
   function throwNotAttached(modelName, methodName) {
     throw new Error(
-      'Cannot call ' + modelName + '.' + methodName + '().' +
+      g.f('Cannot call %s.%s().' +
-      ' The ' + methodName + ' method has not been setup.' +
+      ' The %s method has not been setup.' +
-      ' The PersistedModel has not been correctly attached to a DataSource!'
+      ' The {{PersistedModel}} has not been correctly attached to a {{DataSource}}!',
+      modelName, methodName, methodName)
     );
   }
 
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
     var modelName = ctx.method.sharedClass.name;
     var id = ctx.getArgByName('id');
-    var msg = 'Unknown "' + modelName + '" id "' + id + '".';
+    var msg = g.f('Unknown "%s" {{id}} "%s".', modelName, id);
     var error = new Error(msg);
     error.statusCode = error.status = 404;
     error.code = 'MODEL_NOT_FOUND';
@@ -558,7 +560,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     }
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'create', {
-      description: 'Create a new instance of the model and persist it into the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Create a new instance of the model and persist it into the data source.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', description: 'Model instance data', http: {source: 'body'}},
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: typeName, root: true},
@@ -567,7 +569,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'upsert', {
       aliases: ['updateOrCreate'],
-      description: 'Update an existing model instance or insert a new one into the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Update an existing model instance or insert a new one ' +
+        'into the data source.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', description: 'Model instance data', http: {source: 'body'}},
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: typeName, root: true},
@@ -575,7 +578,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'exists', {
-      description: 'Check whether a model instance exists in the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Check whether a model instance exists in the data source.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true},
       returns: {arg: 'exists', type: 'boolean'},
@@ -606,13 +609,13 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'findById', {
-      description: 'Find a model instance by id from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Find a model instance by {{id}} from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       accepts: [
         { arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true,
           http: {source: 'path'}},
         { arg: 'filter', type: 'object',
-          description: 'Filter defining fields and include'}
+          description: g.f('Filter defining fields and include') },
       ],
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: typeName, root: true},
       http: {verb: 'get', path: '/:id'},
@@ -620,7 +623,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'find', {
-      description: 'Find all instances of the model matched by filter from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Find all instances of the model matched by filter from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object', description: 'Filter defining fields, where, include, order, offset, and limit'},
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: [typeName], root: true},
@@ -628,7 +631,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'findOne', {
-      description: 'Find first instance of the model matched by filter from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Find first instance of the model matched by filter from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       accepts: {arg: 'filter', type: 'object', description: 'Filter defining fields, where, include, order, offset, and limit'},
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: typeName, root: true},
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'destroyAll', {
-      description: 'Delete all matching records.',
+      description: g.f('Delete all matching records.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object', description: 'filter.where object'},
       returns: {
@@ -652,17 +655,17 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'updateAll', {
       aliases: ['update'],
-      description: 'Update instances of the model matched by where from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Update instances of the model matched by {{where}} from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: [
-        {arg: 'where', type: 'object', http: {source: 'query'},
+        {arg: 'where', type: 'object', http: { source: 'query'},
-          description: 'Criteria to match model instances'},
+          description: g.f('Criteria to match model instances')},
         {arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'},
-          description: 'An object of model property name/value pairs'},
+          description: g.f('An object of model property name/value pairs')},
       ],
       returns: {
         arg: 'count',
-        description: 'The number of instances updated',
+        description: g.f('The number of instances updated'),
         type: 'object',
         root: true
       },
@@ -671,7 +674,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'deleteById', {
       aliases: ['destroyById', 'removeById'],
-      description: 'Delete a model instance by id from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Delete a model instance by {{id}} from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: {arg: 'id', type: 'any', description: 'Model id', required: true,
                 http: {source: 'path'}},
@@ -680,7 +683,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'count', {
-      description: 'Count instances of the model matched by where from the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Count instances of the model matched by where from the data source.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       accepts: {arg: 'where', type: 'object', description: 'Criteria to match model instances'},
       returns: {arg: 'count', type: 'number'},
@@ -688,7 +691,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel.prototype, 'updateAttributes', {
-      description: 'Update attributes for a model instance and persist it into the data source.',
+      description: g.f('Update attributes for a model instance and persist it into ' +
+        'the data source.'),
       accessType: 'WRITE',
       accepts: {arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'}, description: 'An object of model property name/value pairs'},
       returns: {arg: 'data', type: typeName, root: true},
@@ -697,7 +701,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
     if (options.trackChanges || options.enableRemoteReplication) {
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'diff', {
-        description: 'Get a set of deltas and conflicts since the given checkpoint.',
+        description: g.f('Get a set of deltas and conflicts since the given checkpoint.'),
         accessType: 'READ',
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'since', type: 'number', description: 'Find deltas since this checkpoint'},
@@ -709,8 +713,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'changes', {
-        description: 'Get the changes to a model since a given checkpoint.' +
+        description: g.f('Get the changes to a model since a given checkpoint.' +
-          'Provide a filter object to reduce the number of results returned.',
+          'Provide a filter object to reduce the number of results returned.'),
         accessType: 'READ',
         accepts: [
           {arg: 'since', type: 'number', description: 'Only return changes since this checkpoint'},
@@ -721,7 +725,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'checkpoint', {
-        description: 'Create a checkpoint.',
+        description: g.f('Create a checkpoint.'),
         // The replication algorithm needs to create a source checkpoint,
         // even though it is otherwise not making any source changes.
         // We need to allow this method for users that don't have full
@@ -732,14 +736,14 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'currentCheckpoint', {
-        description: 'Get the current checkpoint.',
+        description: g.f('Get the current checkpoint.'),
         accessType: 'READ',
         returns: {arg: 'checkpoint', type: 'object', root: true},
         http: {verb: 'get', path: '/checkpoint'}
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'createUpdates', {
-        description: 'Create an update list from a delta list.',
+        description: g.f('Create an update list from a delta list.'),
         // This operation is read-only, it does not change any local data.
         // It is called by the replication algorithm to compile a list
         // of changes to apply on the target.
@@ -750,14 +754,14 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'bulkUpdate', {
-        description: 'Run multiple updates at once. Note: this is not atomic.',
+        description: g.f('Run multiple updates at once. Note: this is not atomic.'),
         accessType: 'WRITE',
         accepts: {arg: 'updates', type: 'array'},
         http: {verb: 'post', path: '/bulk-update'}
       });
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'findLastChange', {
-        description: 'Get the most recent change record for this instance.',
+        description: g.f('Get the most recent change record for this instance.'),
         accessType: 'READ',
         accepts: {
           arg: 'id', type: 'any', required: true, http: { source: 'path' },
@@ -769,8 +773,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
 
       setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'updateLastChange', {
         description: [
-          'Update the properties of the most recent change record',
+          g.f('Update the properties of the most recent change record ' +
-          'kept for this instance.'
+          'kept for this instance.'),
         ],
         accessType: 'WRITE',
         accepts: [
@@ -780,7 +784,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
           },
           {
             arg: 'data', type: 'object', http: {source: 'body'},
-            description: 'An object of Change property name/value pairs'
+            description: g.f('An object of Change property name/value pairs'),
           },
         ],
         returns: { arg: 'result', type: this.Change.modelName, root: true },
@@ -806,7 +810,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     }
 
     setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'createChangeStream', {
-      description: 'Create a change stream.',
+      description: g.f('Create a change stream.'),
       accessType: 'READ',
       http: [
         {verb: 'post', path: '/change-stream'},
@@ -1148,7 +1152,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
               if (err) return cb(err);
               if (!inst) {
                 return cb &&
-                  cb(new Error('Missing data for change: ' + change.modelId));
+                  cb(new Error(g.f('Missing data for change: %s', change.modelId)));
               }
               if (inst.toObject) {
                 update.data = inst.toObject();
@@ -1216,7 +1220,7 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
       async.parallel(tasks, function(err) {
         if (err) return callback(err);
         if (conflicts.length) {
-          err = new Error('Conflict');
+          err = new Error(g.f('Conflict'));
           err.statusCode = 409;
           err.details = { conflicts: conflicts };
           return callback(err);
@@ -1280,16 +1284,16 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         case undefined:
         case null:
           return cb(new Error(
-            'Cannot apply bulk updates, ' +
+            g.f('Cannot apply bulk updates, ' +
             'the connector does not correctly report ' +
-            'the number of updated records.'));
+            'the number of updated records.')));
 
         default:
           debug('%s.updateAll modified unexpected number of instances: %j',
             Model.modelName, count);
           return cb(new Error(
-            'Bulk update failed, the connector has modified unexpected ' +
+            g.f('Bulk update failed, the connector has modified unexpected ' +
-            'number of records: ' + JSON.stringify(count)));
+            'number of records: %s', JSON.stringify(count))));
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1362,16 +1366,16 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         case undefined:
         case null:
           return cb(new Error(
-            'Cannot apply bulk updates, ' +
+            g.f('Cannot apply bulk updates, ' +
             'the connector does not correctly report ' +
-            'the number of deleted records.'));
+            'the number of deleted records.')));
 
         default:
           debug('%s.deleteAll modified unexpected number of instances: %j',
             Model.modelName, count);
           return cb(new Error(
-            'Bulk update failed, the connector has deleted unexpected ' +
+            g.f('Bulk update failed, the connector has deleted unexpected ' +
-            'number of records: ' + JSON.stringify(count)));
+            'number of records: %s', JSON.stringify(count))));
       }
     });
   }
@@ -1586,8 +1590,8 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     this.findLastChange(id, function(err, inst) {
       if (err) return cb(err);
       if (!inst) {
-        err = new Error('No change record found for ' +
+        err = new Error(g.f('No change record found for %s with id %s',
-          self.modelName + ' with id ' + id);
+          self.modelName, id));
         err.statusCode = 404;
         return cb(err);
       }

lib/registry.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
 var assert = require('assert');
 var extend = require('util')._extend;
 var juggler = require('loopback-datasource-juggler');
@@ -113,11 +114,11 @@ Registry.prototype.createModel = function(name, properties, options) {
 
     if (BaseModel === undefined) {
       if (baseName === 'DataModel') {
-        console.warn('Model `%s` is extending deprecated `DataModel. ' +
+        g.warn('Model `%s` is extending deprecated `DataModel. ' +
           'Use `PersistedModel` instead.', name);
         BaseModel = this.getModel('PersistedModel');
       } else {
-        console.warn('Model `%s` is extending an unknown model `%s`. ' +
+        g.warn('Model `%s` is extending an unknown model `%s`. ' +
           'Using `PersistedModel` as the base.', name, baseName);
       }
     }
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
       relations[key] = extend(relations[key] || {}, config.relations[key]);
     });
   } else if (config.relations != null) {
-    console.warn('The relations property of `%s` configuration ' +
+    g.warn('The relations property of `%s` configuration ' +
       'must be an object', modelName);
   }
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
       addACL(acls, acl);
     });
   } else if (config.acls != null) {
-    console.warn('The acls property of `%s` configuration ' +
+    g.warn('The acls property of `%s` configuration ' +
       'must be an array of objects', modelName);
   }
 
@@ -225,12 +226,12 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
       if (!(p in excludedProperties)) {
         settings[p] = config.options[p];
       } else {
-        console.warn('Property `%s` cannot be reconfigured for `%s`',
+        g.warn('Property `%s` cannot be reconfigured for `%s`',
           p, modelName);
       }
     }
   } else if (config.options != null) {
-    console.warn('The options property of `%s` configuration ' +
+    g.warn('The options property of `%s` configuration ' +
       'must be an object', modelName);
   }
 
@@ -238,8 +239,8 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
   // configuration, so that the datasource picks up updated relations
   if (config.dataSource) {
     assert(config.dataSource instanceof DataSource,
-        'Cannot configure ' + ModelCtor.modelName +
+        g.f('Cannot configure %s: {{config.dataSource}} must be an instance ' +
-        ': config.dataSource must be an instance of DataSource');
+          'of {{DataSource}}', ModelCtor.modelName));
     ModelCtor.attachTo(config.dataSource);
     debug('Attached model `%s` to dataSource `%s`',
       modelName, config.dataSource.name);
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
   } else {
     debug('Model `%s` is not attached to any DataSource, possibly by a mistake.',
       modelName);
-    console.warn(
+    g.warn(
-      'The configuration of `%s` is missing `dataSource` property.\n' +
+      'The configuration of `%s` is missing {{`dataSource`}} property.\n' +
       'Use `null` or `false` to mark models not attached to any data source.',
       modelName);
   }
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ Registry.prototype.configureModel = function(ModelCtor, config) {
 Registry.prototype._defineRemoteMethods = function(ModelCtor, methods) {
   if (!methods) return;
   if (typeof methods !== 'object') {
-    console.warn('Ignoring non-object "methods" setting of "%s".',
+    g.warn('Ignoring non-object "methods" setting of "%s".',
       ModelCtor.modelName);
     return;
   }
@@ -270,11 +271,11 @@ Registry.prototype._defineRemoteMethods = function(ModelCtor, methods) {
   Object.keys(methods).forEach(function(key) {
     var meta = methods[key];
     if (typeof meta.isStatic !== 'boolean') {
-      console.warn('Remoting metadata for "%s.%s" is missing "isStatic" ' +
+      g.warn('Remoting metadata for "%s.%s" is missing "isStatic" ' +
         'flag, the method is registered as an instance method.',
         ModelCtor.modelName,
         key);
-      console.warn('This behaviour may change in the next major version.');
+      g.warn('This behaviour may change in the next major version.');
     }
     ModelCtor.remoteMethod(key, meta);
   });
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ Registry.prototype.getModel = function(modelName) {
   var model = this.findModel(modelName);
   if (model) return model;
 
-  throw new Error('Model not found: ' + modelName);
+  throw new Error(g.f('Model not found: %s', modelName));
 };
 
 /**

lib/server-app.js

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // This file is licensed under the MIT License.
 // License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
+var g = require('strong-globalize')();
+
 var assert = require('assert');
 var express = require('express');
 var merge = require('util')._extend;
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ proto.middleware = function(name, paths, handler) {
   }
 
   if (this._requestHandlingPhases.indexOf(name) === -1)
-    throw new Error('Unknown middleware phase ' + name);
+    throw new Error(g.f('Unknown {{middleware}} phase %s', name));
 
   debug('use %s %s %s', fullPhaseName, paths, handlerName);
 

package.json

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     "nodemailer-stub-transport": "^1.0.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.2.0",
     "stable": "^0.1.5",
+    "strong-globalize": "^2.6.2",
     "strong-remoting": "^2.21.0",
     "uid2": "0.0.3",
     "underscore.string": "^3.0.3"