CHANGELOG.md

 
+<a name="v3.10.1"></a>
+## [v3.10.1] - 2023-02-04
+### Bug Fixes
+- make exeption messages more readable
+
+
 <a name="v3.10.0"></a>
 ## [v3.10.0] - 2023-02-04
 ### Add Features
@@ -255,6 +261,7 @@
 <a name="1.8.0"></a>
 ## 1.8.0 - 2021-08-15
 
+[v3.10.1]: https://gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/javascript/monster/compare/v3.10.0...v3.10.1
 [v3.10.0]: https://gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/javascript/monster/compare/v3.9.1...v3.10.0
 [v3.9.1]: https://gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/javascript/monster/compare/v3.9.0...v3.9.1
 [v3.9.0]: https://gitlab.schukai.com/oss/libraries/javascript/monster/compare/v3.8.0...v3.9.0

application/package.json

 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.9.1",
+  "version": "3.10.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",

application/source/i18n/translations.mjs

@@ -190,10 +190,12 @@ class Translations extends Base {
 /**
  * Returns the translations for the current document.
  *
- * @param element
- * @returns {*}
- * @throws {Error} Element is not an HTMLElement
- * @throws {Error} Missing translations
+ * @param {HTMLElement|undefined} [element] - Element to search for translations. Default: element with objectlink @schukai/monster/i18n/translations@@link.
+ * @returns {Translations}
+ * @throws {Error} Element is not an HTMLElement.
+ * @throws {Error} Cannot find element with translations. Add a translations object to the document.
+ * @throws {Error} This element has no translations.
+ * @throws {Error} Missing translations.
  */
 function getDocumentTranslations(element) {
 
@@ -201,14 +203,17 @@ function getDocumentTranslations(element) {
 
     if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) {
         element = d.querySelector('['+ATTRIBUTE_OBJECTLINK+'~="' + translationsLinkSymbol.toString() + '"]');
+        if (element === null) {
+            throw new Error("Cannot find element with translations. Add a translations object to the document.");
+        }
     }
 
     if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) {
-        throw new Error("Element is not an HTMLElement");
+        throw new Error("Element is not an HTMLElement.");
     }
 
     if (!hasObjectLink(element, translationsLinkSymbol)) {
-        throw new Error("Missing translations");
+        throw new Error("This element has no translations.");
     }
     
     let obj = getLinkedObjects(element, translationsLinkSymbol);
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ function getDocumentTranslations(element) {
         }
     }
 
-    throw new Error("Missing translations");
+    throw new Error("Missing translations.");
 
 }
 

application/source/types/version.mjs

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.9.1");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.10.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }

development/package.json

 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.9.1",
+  "version": "3.10.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

development/test/cases/monster.mjs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.9.1")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.10.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();
 

release.json

-{"version":"3.10.0"}
+{"version":"3.10.1"}