Re: [Openledger-developer] Random jottings

[Jacques C. <ja...@ch...>]

Klavs Klavsen wrote:

> I forgot to mention, that the Invoice, Item etc. objects could be used
> as general Business::Accounting::Invoice etc. module - as they should be
> generic. Also the fact that they are objects, would make them easier to
> expand, without disrupting others who use earlier versions, or less of
> their data/features :)

Klav;

This is what I was driving at - a generic namespace for
modules of this type. Business::Accounts::Invoice is a
good example.

Eventually you could frame it as a DBD/DBI style thing,
with drivers. For instance, you might write a
Business::Accounts::Driver::SQL-Ledger which would be
geared towards using SQL-L modules or even the database.
This kind of architecture might encourage development
in this field by presenting a uniform API for accounting
information. Others might be left to introduce driver
code for GNU Cash, and to some extent commercial
packages such as Quickbooks.

This would be a great boon to Perl programmers working
in business environments. More glue, as it were.

JC.