Overview

Citrus is a library for performing unit conversion. It comes with a few applications and plugins that demonstrate how to use it. Its main features include

• An XML configuration file for easy maintenance and translation of units.

• A mathematical expression parser for expressions involving units.

• Both C and C++ interfaces.

This document is divided into two parts.

In the first section, there is an explanation of the external APIs that the library offers. This is for developers that just wish to use the library as it is.

Second, there is a short discussion of the internals of the library. This is for developers who wish to add to the capabilities of the library.

This document describes version 0.10 of Citrus. It is a Developers' Guide and is included in addition to the Developers' Reference Manual which is generated from the source code.