Introduction
Implementation
1. About
1.1 Introduction
The Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) specification intentionally provides only the most
essential and fundamental functionalities in the form of a C interface. On the one hand, this
increases flexibility in use and portability to virtually any platform. On the other hand, such a
low-level approach implies several prerequisites a simulation tool has to fulfil in order to be able
to utilize such an FMI component.
The FMI++ library addresses this problem for models and tools with interfaces according to
the FMI specification by providing high-level functionalities, which ease the handling and
manipulation of such models and tools (see chapter on Import Functionalities). Furthermore, the
FMI++ library provides utilities to implement FMI-conformant interfaces for a large class of
simulation tools (see chapter on Export Functionalities).
The FMI++ library intends to bridge the gap between the basic FMI specifications and the typical
requirements of simulation tools. It is distributed using a BSD-like license (see Appendix) and
suggestions or contributions are heartly welcome.
1.2 Implementation
The present implementation of the FMI++ library is based upon the FMI 1.0 specification.
In order to provide a reliable, stable and portable solution, the FMI++ library relies on other
state-of-the-art tools where necessary. Especially, it depends upon many functionalities provided
by the Boost library – from numerical integration to XML parsing, shared memory access
and testing. Cross-language wrappers are realized with the versatile SWIG tool, an open-
source software tool for connecting computer programs or libraries written in C/C++ with other
languages. The building process is managed via CMake, a cross-platform free and open-source
software for managing the build process of software using a compiler-independent method.
These dependencies allow to deploy the FMI++ library on a combination of many platforms and
compilers, making it a flexible multi-platform solution in the spirit of the FMI specification.
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