programmatic interface to JIRA

[Rick Hillegas]

Does anyone know of a programmatic interface to JIRA? I am looking for a 
better way to generate the release notes. Currently, the 
ReleaseNotesGenerator parses JIRA reports. This has turned out to be an 
unstable api. The content of these reports changes significantly during 
the interval between our releases: important information shifts between 
elements or sometimes totally disappears. I'm looking for a stable 
programmatic api.

Thanks,
-Rick