#include "ui_defs.lua"

Ui.LocString = {
    Mt = {
        __tostring = function(tbl)
            return tbl.value
        end,
        getSize = function(self)
            return Ui.GetTextSize(self.value)
        end,
        translate = function(self)
            return GetTranslatedStringByKey(self.value)
        end,
    },
    
    new = function(value)
        local obj = {
            value = value
        }
        setmetatable(obj, Ui.LocString.Mt)
        return obj
    end,
}

Ui.LocString.Mt.__index = Ui.LocString.Mt

Ui.loc = function (value)
    return Ui.LocString.new(value)
end

--[[ EXAMPLE:
local cancelButton = Ui.loc"UI_BUTTON_CANCEL"
print(cancelButton) -- calls the __tostring function and outputs "UI_BUTTON_CANCEL"
print(cancelButton:translate()) -- presumably translates the string and outputs the result
]]