Announcing NeuClear Ledger Java API

Many applications in business need access to a double entry ledger. This could be a General Ledger for a company or an account system in a bank. NeuClear as a framework for creating financial clearing system needed a standardized api for integrating with existing ledgers or creating new ledgers.

The API is very simple and it should be very easy to implement it. Everything has been written with security in mind. This is not to say that it is secure, as it hasn't been properly reviewed. Reviews should also take the underlying implementations into account.

The following is what the main proposed feature list is:

• Backend plugins to support legacy and new Ledgers
  
• Account Scheme plugins to support different account naming schemes, such as bank accounts, neudist, charts of accounts etc.
  
• Small and secure
  

The first release is available for download. There is not yet a fully working implementation of the api, but it should be there in the next release later this week. There is also no support for the Account Scheme's yet. This is fairly simple and should also be added quickly.

The main purpose of this first release is to get some suggestions about what a generalised ledger API should be like. So it is likely to change.
As always CVS is where the main work will be done.