Use Message system instead of std::cout, it cleans the code a lot

RealTimeFacialRecognition.vcxproj

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
     </Xml>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="src\Console\ConsoleOutput.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="src\Main.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />

src/Console/ConsoleOutput.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+// Color constants
+const std::string RESET_COLOR = "\033[0m";
+const std::string BLACK = "\033[30m";
+const std::string RED = "\033[31m";
+const std::string GREEN = "\033[32m";
+const std::string YELLOW = "\033[33m";
+const std::string BLUE = "\033[34m";
+const std::string MAGENTA = "\033[35m";
+const std::string CYAN = "\033[36m";
+const std::string WHITE = "\033[37m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_BLACK = "\033[90m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_RED = "\033[91m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_GREEN = "\033[92m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_YELLOW = "\033[93m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_BLUE = "\033[94m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_MAGENTA = "\033[95m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_CYAN = "\033[96m";
+const std::string BRIGHT_WHITE = "\033[97m";
+
+namespace Messages {
+
+    // Function to print the current time inline with std::cout
+    static void printCurrentTime()
+    {
+        time_t now = time(0);
+        struct tm timeInfo;
+        localtime_s(&timeInfo, &now);
+        char buffer[80];
+        strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "[%d/%m/%Y %H:%M]", &timeInfo);
+        std::cout << buffer << " ";
+    }
+
+	static void Info(const std::string& text) {
+        printCurrentTime();
+        std::cout << GREEN << "[INFO]: " << text << RESET_COLOR << std::endl;
+	}
+
+    static void Notice(const std::string& text) {
+        printCurrentTime();
+        std::cout << YELLOW << "[NOTICE]: " << text << RESET_COLOR << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    static void Error(const std::string& text) {
+        printCurrentTime();
+        std::cerr << RED << "[ERROR]: " << text << RESET_COLOR << std::endl;
+    }
+
+}

src/Main.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <ctime>
 
+#include "Console/ConsoleOutput.cpp"
+
 // OpenCV 4
 #include <opencv2/objdetect.hpp>
 #include <opencv2/highgui.hpp>
@@ -12,17 +14,6 @@ std::string CASCADE_FILE_MAIN;
 std::string IMAGE_DIR;
 std::string LOGGING_DIR;
 
-// Function to print the current time inline with std::cout
-void printCurrentTime()
-{
-    time_t now = time(0);
-    struct tm timeInfo;
-    localtime_s(&timeInfo, &now);
-    char buffer[80];
-    strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "[%d/%m/%Y %H:%M]", &timeInfo);
-    std::cout << buffer << " ";
-}
-
 // Function to check if a file has a valid image extension
 bool hasValidImageExtension(const std::filesystem::path& path) {
     std::string extension = path.extension().string();
@@ -48,8 +39,7 @@ void readSettings()
     {
         if (settingsFile.peek() == std::ifstream::traits_type::eof())
         {
-            printCurrentTime();
-            std::cout << "settings.conf is empty or corrupt." << std::endl;
+            Messages::Info("settings.conf is empty or corrupt.");
             settingsFile.close();
         }
         std::string line;
@@ -72,8 +62,7 @@ void readSettings()
     }
     else
     {
-        printCurrentTime();
-        std::cout << "Failed to open settings.conf file." << std::endl;
+        Messages::Info("Failed to open settings.conf file.");
         system("pause");
         exit(1);  // Use exit(1) to indicate an error
     }
@@ -136,8 +125,7 @@ void detectAndDraw(cv::Mat& img, cv::CascadeClassifier& cascade, double scale)
             cv::Mat compareImg = cv::imread(entry.path().string());
             if (compareImg.empty())
             {
-                printCurrentTime();
-                std::cout << "Failed to read image: " << entry.path().filename().string() << std::endl;
+                Messages::Error("Failed to read image: " + entry.path().filename().string());
                 continue; // Skip to the next image
             }
 
@@ -155,8 +143,7 @@ void detectAndDraw(cv::Mat& img, cv::CascadeClassifier& cascade, double scale)
             }
             catch (const cv::Exception& e)
             {
-                printCurrentTime();
-                std::cout << "Error occurred during template matching: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+                Messages::Error("Error occurred during template matching: " + std::string(e.what()));
                 continue; // Skip to the next image
             }
 
@@ -173,9 +160,8 @@ void detectAndDraw(cv::Mat& img, cv::CascadeClassifier& cascade, double scale)
             }
             else if (maxVal > 0.1 && entry.path().filename().string() != bestMatchName)
             {
-                printCurrentTime();
                 // Print other matches to the console
-                std::cout << "Other match: " << entry.path().filename().string() << std::endl;
+                Messages::Info("Other match:  " + entry.path().filename().string());
                 log("Hello World");
             }
         }
@@ -201,8 +187,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     {
         // Face cascade could not be found
         std::system("cls");
-        printCurrentTime();
-        std::cout << "Could not find the face cascade." << std::endl;
+        Messages::Error("Could not find the face cascade.");
         std::system("pause");
         return -1;
     }
@@ -214,8 +199,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     if (!capture.isOpened())
     {
         std::system("cls");
-        printCurrentTime();
-        std::cout << "Error opening camera." << std::endl;
+        Messages::Error("Error opening camera.");
         std::system("pause");
         return -1;
     }