     @messages: (location, options={}) ->
         assert not _.isEmpty cwd = try process.cwd()
         assert previous = @messageLocations or Array()
+        return previous if arguments.length is 0 # get
         implicit = "locale" # default dir for messages
         noLocation = "the location has to be a string"
         noOptions = "no suitable options are supplied"

    # Once inherited from, the inheritee is not abstract anymore.
    @abstract yes

    # Specify the translation file for the current service. This
    # file is meant to contain and provide internationalization
    # messages. These are the strings to use for displaying with

###

_ = require "lodash"
yaml = require "js-yaml"
assert = require "assert"
asciify = require "asciify"
connect = require "connect"
