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+/*
+    Ousía
+    Copyright (C) 2014  Benjamin Paaßen, Andreas Stöckel
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file Terminal.hpp
+ *
+ * Classes for printing colored output to a terminal.
+ *
+ * @author Andreas Stöckel (astoecke@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de)
+ */
+
+#ifndef _OUSIA_TERMINAL_HPP_
+#define _OUSIA_TERMINAL_HPP_
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ousia {
+
+/**
+ * The Terminal class contains some helper functions used to interact with the
+ * terminal as used for colorful output when logging error messages.
+ *
+ * TODO: Disable on Windows or use corresponding API-functions for setting the
+ * color.
+ * TODO: Give output stream to terminal/use terminal as output stream
+ */
+class Terminal {
+private:
+	/**
+	 * If set to false, no control codes are generated.
+	 */
+	bool useColor;
+
+public:
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for black.
+	 */
+	static const int BLACK = 30;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for red.
+	 */
+	static const int RED = 31;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for green.
+	 */
+	static const int GREEN = 32;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for yellow.
+	 */
+	static const int YELLOW = 33;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for blue.
+	 */
+	static const int BLUE = 34;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for magenta.
+	 */
+	static const int MAGENTA = 35;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for cyan.
+	 */
+	static const int CYAN = 36;
+
+	/**
+	 * ANSI color code for white.
+	 */
+	static const int WHITE = 37;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new instance of the Terminal class.
+	 *
+	 * @param useColor specifies whether color codes should be generated.
+	 */
+	Terminal(bool useColor) : useColor(useColor) {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a control string for switching to the given color.
+	 *
+	 * @param color is the color the terminal should switch to.
+	 * @param bright specifies whether the terminal should switch to the bright
+	 * mode.
+	 * @return a control string to be included in the output stream.
+	 */
+	std::string color(int color, bool bright = true) const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a control string for switching to the bright mode.
+	 *
+	 * @return a control string to be included in the output stream.
+	 */
+	std::string bright() const;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a control string for switching to the default mode.
+	 *
+	 * @return a control string to be included in the output stream.
+	 */
+	std::string reset() const;
+};
+}
+
+#endif /* _OUSIA_TERMINAL_HPP_ */
+