The first public release of the new Simple Java API for ODF is now available for download. This API radically simplifies common document automation tasks, allowing you to perform tasks in a few lines of code that would require require hundreds if you were manipulating the ODF XML directly.
The Simple API is part of the ODF Toolkit Union open source community and is available under the Apache 2.0 license. JavaDoc, demonstration code and a “Cookbook” are also available on the project’s website.