# phpman > perldoc > Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic

## NAME
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AGeneric/markdown) - Generic template parser

## VERSION
    version 1.00

## SYNOPSIS
        $plugin = [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Generic](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AGeneric/markdown)->new(
            $lexicon            # A [Locale::Maketext::Extract](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract/markdown) object
            @file_types         # Optionally specify a list of recognised file types
        )

        $plugin->extract($filename,$filecontents);

## DESCRIPTION
    Extracts strings to localise from generic templates.

## SHORT PLUGIN NAME
        generic

## VALID FORMATS
    Strings inside {{...}} are extracted.

## KNOWN FILE TYPES
    All file types

## SEE ALSO
    xgettext.pl
        for extracting translatable strings from common template systems and perl source files.

    [Locale::Maketext::Lexicon](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3ALexicon/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Base](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ABase/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::FormFu](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AFormFu/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Perl](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3APerl/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TT2](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ATT2/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::YAML](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AYAML/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::Mason](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3AMason/markdown)
    [Locale::Maketext::Extract::Plugin::TextTemplate](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Locale%3A%3AMaketext%3A%3AExtract%3A%3APlugin%3A%3ATextTemplate/markdown)

## AUTHORS
    Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>

## COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2002-2013 by Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>.

    This software is released under the MIT license cited below.

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## AUTHORS
    *   Clinton Gormley <<drtech@cpan.org>>

    *   Audrey Tang <<cpan@audreyt.org>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Audrey Tang.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The MIT (X11) License