Discussion on: Angular - Translate Enums (i18n)

[Piotr Lewandowski]

for enums that tends to change or grow, we write unit tests that iterate over enum and make sure all values are included.

Example could be as simple as:

describe('TodoStateI18n', () => {
  let component: TodoStateI18n;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<TodoStateI18n>;

  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [
        TodoStateI18n,
      ],
    })
      .compileComponents();
  });

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(TodoStateI18n);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
  });

  // regular specs
  it('should display correct text for TODO', () => {
    component.value = TodoState.TODO;

    fixture.detectChanges();

    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent)
      .toBe('not started');
  });

  // checking if everything is translated
  // Cannot be `const enum`
  Object.values(TodoState)
    .forEach((value) => {
      it(`should translate ${value}`, () => {
        component.value = value;

        fixture.detectChanges();

        expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent)
          .not
          .toBe('unknown');
      });
    });
});