Prepared:

- Issue templates.
- Added CODEOWNERS, CODEOWNERS and CONTRIBUTING md files.
- .gitignore.
- Expected structure for code and tests with init files.
- GH workflows for build, PR comment presence check and Release draft generation.
- Expected requirements for python libraries.
- Initial structure of README to follow team format.

.github/CODEOWNERS

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+* @miroslavpojer @Zejnilovic

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+labels: 'bug'
+
+---
+
+## Describe the bug
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+## To Reproduce
+Steps to reproduce the behavior OR commands run:
+1. Go to '...'
+2. Click on '....'
+3. Enter value '...'
+4. See error
+
+## Expected behavior
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
+
+## Screenshots
+If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
+
+## Additional context
+Add any other context about the problem here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

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+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an idea for this project
+labels: 'enhancement'
+
+---
+
+## Background
+A clear and concise description of where the limitation lies.
+
+## Feature
+A description of the requested feature.
+
+## Example [Optional]
+A simple example if applicable.
+
+## Proposed Solution [Optional]
+Solution Ideas:
+1. 
+2. 
+3. 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/question.md

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+---
+name: Question
+about: Ask a question
+labels: 'question'
+
+---
+
+## Background [Optional]
+A clear explanation of the reason for raising the question. 
+This gives us a better understanding of your use cases and how we might accommodate them.
+
+## Question
+A clear and concise inquiry

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/spike_task.md

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+---
+name: Spike
+about: Issue template for spikes, research and investigation tasks
+labels: 'spike'
+
+---
+
+## Background
+A clear and concise description of the problem or a topic we need to understand.
+
+Feel free to add information about why it's needed and what assumptions you have at the moment.
+
+## Questions To Answer
+
+1.
+2.
+3.
+
+## Desired Outcome
+
+The list of desired outcomes of this spike ticket.
+
+```[tasklist]
+### Tasks
+- [ ] Questions have been answered or we have a clearer idea of how to get to our goal
+- [ ] Discussion with the team
+- [ ] Documentation
+- [ ] Create recommendations and new implementation tickets
+- [ ] item here..
+```
+
+## Additional Info/Resources [Optional]
+
+1. 
+2. 
+3. 

.github/workflows/build.yml

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+#
+# Copyright 2024 ABSA Group Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+name: Build and Test
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+    types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Set PYTHONPATH environment variable
+        run: echo "PYTHONPATH=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/jacoco-report/jacoco-report" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build and run unit tests
+        run: pytest --cov=jacoco-report --cov-report html tests/ -vv
+
+      - name: Check overall coverage
+        run: |
+          coverage report --fail-under=80
+          coverage xml -o coverage_overall.xml
+
+      - name: Check changed files coverage
+        run: |
+          # Get the list of changed Python files
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only --diff-filter=AMR ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${{ github.sha }} | grep '.py$')
+          echo "Changed Python files: $CHANGED_FILES"
+
+          # Convert list to comma-delimited string
+          CHANGED_FILES=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | awk '{printf "%s,", $0} END {print ""}' | sed 's/,$//')
+          
+          # Generate coverage report for changed files
+          coverage report --include="$CHANGED_FILES" > coverage_report.txt
+          echo -e "\nChanged Python files report:\n\n"
+          cat coverage_report.txt
+          
+          # Fail if the coverage for changed files is below threshold
+          COVERAGE_TOTAL=$(awk '/TOTAL/ {print $4}' coverage_report.txt)
+          echo "Total coverage for changed files: $COVERAGE_TOTAL"
+
+          if (( $(echo "$COVERAGE_TOTAL < 80.0" | bc -l) )); then
+            echo "Coverage is below 80%"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Upload coverage report
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: coverage-report
+          path: coverage_overall.xml

.github/workflows/check_pr_release_note_comment.yml

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+#
+# Copyright 2024 ABSA Group Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+name: Check Release Notes in PR comment
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited, labeled, unlabeled]
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  check-release-notes-comments:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch all PR comments
+        id: get-comments
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            const issueNumber = context.issue.number;
+            const repoName = context.repo.repo;
+            const repoOwner = context.repo.owner;
+            
+            const comments = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: repoOwner,
+              repo: repoName,
+              issue_number: issueNumber,
+            });
+            
+            return comments.data.map(comment => comment.body);
+
+      - name: Check for 'Release Notes' in comments
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const comments = ${{ steps.get-comments.outputs.result }};
+            const releaseNotesRegex = /release notes/i;
+            const hasReleaseNotes = comments.some(comment => releaseNotesRegex.test(comment));
+            
+            if (!hasReleaseNotes) {
+              console.log('No "Release notes" found in PR comments');
+              core.setFailed('No "Release notes" found in PR comments')
+            } else {
+              console.log('"Release notes" found in comments');
+            }

.github/workflows/release_draft.yml

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+#
+# Copyright 2024 ABSA Group Limited
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+name: Release - create draft release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag-name:
+        description: 'Name of git tag to be created, and then draft release created. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".'
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  check-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Check tag
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Validate format of received tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const newTag = core.getInput('tag-name');
+            const regex = /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/;
+            
+            if (!regex.test(newTag)) {
+              core.setFailed('Tag does not match the required format "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"');
+              return;
+            }
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+
+      - name: Check tag's correct version increment
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const newTag = core.getInput('tag-name');
+
+            // get latest tag
+            const { data: refs } = await github.rest.git.listMatchingRefs({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: 'tags/'
+            });
+
+            if (refs.length === 0) {
+              // No existing tags, so any new tag is valid
+              console.log('No existing tags found. Any new tag is considered valid.');
+              return;
+            } else {
+                console.log(`Existing tags: ${refs.map(ref => ref.ref.replace('refs/tags/', '')).join(', ')}`);
+            }            
+
+            const latestTag = refs.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.object.date) - new Date(a.object.date))[0].ref.replace('refs/tags/', '');
+            const latestVersion = latestTag.replace('v', '').split('.').map(Number);
+            const newVersion = newTag.replace('v', '').split('.').map(Number);
+
+            // check tag's correct version increase
+            const isValid = (latestVersion[0] === newVersion[0] && latestVersion[1] === newVersion[1] && newVersion[2] === latestVersion[2] + 1) ||
+              (latestVersion[0] === newVersion[0] && newVersion[1] === latestVersion[1] + 1 && newVersion[2] === 0) ||
+              (newVersion[0] === latestVersion[0] + 1 && newVersion[1] === 0 && newVersion[2] === 0);
+
+            if (!isValid) {
+              core.setFailed('New tag is not one version higher than the latest tag');
+              return;
+            }
+
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+
+  generate-release-notes:
+    needs: check-tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        id: generate_release_notes
+        uses: AbsaOSS/generate-release-notes@master
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          chapters: '[
+              {"title": "Breaking Changes 💥", "label": "breaking-change"},
+              {"title": "New Features 🎉", "label": "feature"},
+              {"title": "New Features 🎉", "label": "enhancement"},
+              {"title": "Bugfixes 🛠", "label": "bug"}
+            ]'
+          warnings: true
+
+      - name: Create and Push Tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const tag = core.getInput('tag-name')
+            const ref = `refs/tags/${tag}`;
+            const sha = context.sha; // The SHA of the commit to tag
+
+            await github.rest.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: ref,
+              sha: sha
+            });
+
+            console.log(`Tag created: ${tag}`);
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+
+      - name: Create Draft Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          body: ${{ steps.generate_release_notes.outputs.release-notes }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false

.gitignore

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 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
+.idea/