Mercurial API for Java?

Question

Is there a plain API to access Mercurial repositories from Java?

There are plugins for Netbeans and Eclipse, but unlike their Subversion counterparts, they do not us

Answer 1

The Maven SCM plugin seems to have a Mercurial provider available. However, I don't know how applicable that provider is in your case (ie how deeply it is tied to Maven architecture and/or how it interfaces with hg).