6. Understanding Arrays and Component State

Tip To complete the exercises towards the end of this Chapter, you will need to have your own copy of the ODE code tree built in your WORKDIR. If you haven't done this already, you might want to start it now, following the instructions in Appendix F. It takes a while to build.

In this exercise, you will develop a component that uses Babel arrays as arguments in the ports that the component provides. Specifically, this exercise will introduce and use the following concepts and artifacts

• Creating, changing and accessing ``normal'' SIDL arrays.

• Using ``raw'' SIDL arrays.

• Using object (component) state to store arbitrary data types (including arrays).

Note This exercise is self-contained. Components and ports explained and developed here do not rely on components and/or ports used in the numerical integration exercises.