SCPSolver should enable a Java developer to use Linear Programming in less than 10 minutes.
Most solvers for linear programs are implemented in C/C++ for performance reasons. Java developers can use JNI interfaces for some solvers. However most interfaces are pretty difficult to setup, and lock the developer in to a specific solver. SCPSolver was developed to overcome those issues. The library has the following features:
easy to deploy on Linux, Mac Os X and Windows with prebuilt linear programming libraries (almost dependency-free)
plugin-concept: write model, use different solvers to solve it
currently supported solvers:
GLPK
lpsolve
CPLEX (solver pack must be built by script by user)
low learning curve: very simple, no-frills API
other features: implementation of sparse matrices and graphs, debugger for linear programs, prebuilt models for common optimization problems like set cover, ...