Restructure

.abapgit.xml

@@ -2,21 +2,19 @@
 <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
  <asx:values>
   <DATA>
+   <NAME>Text2tab</NAME>
    <MASTER_LANGUAGE>E</MASTER_LANGUAGE>
    <STARTING_FOLDER>/src/</STARTING_FOLDER>
    <FOLDER_LOGIC>PREFIX</FOLDER_LOGIC>
    <IGNORE>
     <item>/.gitignore</item>
     <item>/LICENSE</item>
-    <item>/.travis.yml</item>
-    <item>/-.travis.yml</item>
     <item>/changelog.txt</item>
-    <item>/abaplint.json</item>
+    <item>/abaplint.jsonc</item>
     <item>/README.md</item>
     <item>/CONTRIBUTING.md</item>
-    <item>/ci/</item>
-    <item>/deploy-key.enc</item>
    </IGNORE>
+   <VERSION_CONSTANT>ZIF_TEXT2TAB=&gt;VERSION</VERSION_CONSTANT>
   </DATA>
  </asx:values>
 </asx:abap>

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ABAP text2tab parser and serializer (ex. Abap data parser)
 
 ![abaplint](https://github.com/sbcgua/text2tab/workflows/abaplint/badge.svg)
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/sbcgua/abap_data_parser.svg)
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/sbcgua/text2tab.svg)
 
 TAB-delimited text parser and serializer for ABAP  
 *[changelog](./changelog.txt)*
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ The package also contains 2 **examples**:
 
 ## Installation
 
-You can install the whole code using [abapGit](https://github.com/larshp/abapGit) tool (recommended way). Alternatively, you can also copy content of `*.clas.abap` to your program (please keep the homepage reference and license text).
+You can install the whole code using [abapGit](https://github.com/abapGit/abapGit) tool.
 
 The tool is open source and distributed under MIT license. It was initially created as a part of another project - [mockup loader](https://github.com/sbcgua/mockup_loader) - but then separated as an independent multi-usage tool.
 
+The package contains 2 subpackages: `core` (the tool itself) and `examples` (example programs). The latter can be skipped for the deserialization (abapGit supports filename filtering - specify `*/examples/*` in the corresponding repo setting).
+
 ## Example of usage
 
 Source text file (CRLF as a line delimiter, TAB as a field delimiter)
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ This is supported in parser only at the moment. Serializer does not produce many
 
 ## Checking version
 
-`zif_text2tab_constants` has the `version` attribute. And there is a helper method `check_version_fits` to check if the text2tab package has the minimal required version.
+`zif_text2tab` has the `version` attribute. And there is a helper method `check_version_fits` to check if the text2tab package has the minimal required version. To extract the current version prefer `zcl_text2tab_parser=>version( )` method.
 
 ```abap
 * Assuming version is 2.1.0

changelog.txt

@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ Legend
 + : added
 - : removed
 
-v2.3.5, 2023-07-??
+v2.4.0, 2025-01-22
+------------------
+! BREAKING: version constant was moved zif_text2tab. zif_text2tab_constants is deleted.
+! Restructured packages: core objects were separated from examples, to improve deployment (abapGit supports skipping packages, so examples package can be left out of the real system)
+
+v2.3.5, 2023-07-11
 ------------------
 * code and type cleanups
 + possibility to keep fields_only order during serialization #25

src/core/package.devc.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<abapGit version="v1.0.0" serializer="LCL_OBJECT_DEVC" serializer_version="v1.0.0">
+ <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
+  <asx:values>
+   <DEVC>
+    <CTEXT>TEXT2TAB serializer/deserializer: core objects</CTEXT>
+   </DEVC>
+  </asx:values>
+ </asx:abap>
+</abapGit>

src/zcl_text2tab_parser.clas.abap → src/core/zcl_text2tab_parser.clas.abap

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ class zcl_text2tab_parser definition
     constants c_crlf like cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf value cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf. "#EC NOTEXT
     constants c_lf like cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline value cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline. "#EC NOTEXT
 
+    class-methods version
+      returning
+        value(r_version) type string .
     class-methods check_version_fits
       importing
         !i_required_version type string
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ CLASS ZCL_TEXT2TAB_PARSER IMPLEMENTATION.
   method check_version_fits.
 
     r_fits = zcl_text2tab_utils=>check_version_fits(
-      i_current_version  = zif_text2tab_constants=>version
+      i_current_version  = zif_text2tab=>version
       i_required_version = i_required_version ).
 
   endmethod.
@@ -983,4 +986,9 @@ CLASS ZCL_TEXT2TAB_PARSER IMPLEMENTATION.
         location  = l_location.
 
   endmethod.
+
+
+  method version.
+    r_version = zif_text2tab=>version.
+  endmethod.
 ENDCLASS.

src/core/zif_text2tab.intf.abap

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+interface zif_text2tab
+  public.
+
+  types ty_begin_comment type c length 1.
+
+  constants c_auto_detect_by_space type ty_begin_comment value cl_abap_char_utilities=>maxchar.
+
+  constants version type string value 'v2.4.0'. "#EC NOTEXT
+  constants origin  type string value 'https://github.com/sbcgua/text2tab'. "#EC NOTEXT
+  constants license type string value 'MIT'. "#EC NOTEXT
+
+endinterface.

src/examples/package.devc.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<abapGit version="v1.0.0" serializer="LCL_OBJECT_DEVC" serializer_version="v1.0.0">
+ <asx:abap xmlns:asx="http://www.sap.com/abapxml" version="1.0">
+  <asx:values>
+   <DEVC>
+    <CTEXT>TEXT2TAB serializer/deserializer: Examples</CTEXT>
+   </DEVC>
+  </asx:values>
+ </asx:abap>
+</abapGit>

src/ztext2tab_backup_example.prog.abap → src/examples/ztext2tab_backup_example.prog.abap

@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ form main
   if zcl_text2tab_parser=>check_version_fits( lv_required_text2tab_ver ) = abap_false.
     write: / 'Error: text2tab version is lower than required' color 6. "#EC NOTEXT
     write: / 'Required is:', lv_required_text2tab_ver. "#EC NOTEXT
-    write: / 'Installed is:', zif_text2tab_constants=>version. "#EC NOTEXT
+    write: / 'Installed is:', zif_text2tab=>version. "#EC NOTEXT
     write: / 'Please upgrade text2tab'. "#EC NOTEXT
     return.
   endif.