Initial source commit to grit-i18n project.

grit/format/interface.py

+#!/usr/bin/python2.4
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+'''Base classes for item formatters and file formatters.
+'''
+
+
+import re
+
+
+class ItemFormatter(object):
+  '''Base class for a formatter that knows how to format a single item.'''
+
+  def Format(self, item, lang='', begin_item=True, output_dir='.'):
+    '''Returns a Unicode string representing 'item' in the format known by this
+    item formatter, for the language 'lang'.  May be called once at the
+    start of the item (begin_item == True) and again at the end
+    (begin_item == False), or only at the start of the item (begin_item == True)
+
+    Args:
+      item: anything
+      lang: 'en'
+      begin_item: True | False
+      output_dir: '.'
+
+    Return:
+      u'hello'
+    '''
+    raise NotImplementedError()
+