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title: APACK
category: reference
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Packages with a class that implements `ZIF_APACK_MANIFEST` (interface is automatically created at initial start of abapGit) can define metadata that is interpreted by clients which support the APACK package and dependency management framework. **Note:** APACK including dependencies is currently only supported by abapGit for ABAP Development Tools (ADT). Please also see the [respective tutorial](https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/abap-environment-abapgit.html) for details.

Such an APACK implementation class must reside in the top-level ABAP package which is serialized by abapGit so that it can be detected properly. After the class is instantiated, it needs to have the field `ZIF_APACK_MANIFEST~DESCRIPTOR` populated with the respective APACK metadata.

**Note:** Don't put any functionality in such implementation classes, only use them to advertise APACK metadata.

The metadata follows the [POM format by Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/pom.html#Maven_Coordinates) and specifies additional information as well:
- `group_id`: Unique name for your organization or project, e.g. `github.com/larshp`
- `artifact_id`: Name for the project, needs to be unique together with the specified `group_id`, e.g. `abapGit`
- `version`: Version of your project, should adhere to the [semantic versioning concept](https://semver.org/), e.g. `1.85`
- `repository_type`: Currently fixed to `abapGit` as it's currently the only supported repository type and is set automatically during serialization
- `git_url`: The URL where your main repository is located, e.g. `https://github.com/larshp/abapGit.git`
- `dependencies`: Optional, only needs to be filled if this project has dependencies to other projects. You only need to specify `group_id`, `artifact_id`, `version` and `git_url` to identify the dependency. `target_package` is ignored during serialization. **Note:** Be sure to specify the `git_url` for each dependency properly as this is currently the only way how dependencies can automatically be resolved.

If such an implementation class is detected during the serialization process, a corresponding `.apack-mainfest.xml` file will be created on the top level of the Git repository. This contains the APACK metadata information.

### Transporting APACK implementation classes

The interface `ZIF_APACK_MANIFEST` is automatically created as local object, i.e. in package `$TMP`. In case you intend to transport projects containing an implementation class to follow-on systems, you either need to remove the implementation class from the transport or ensure that `ZIF_APACK_MANIFEST` is available on each follow-on system in order to avoid syntax errors. So, either let abapGit create it in all systems (don't do that on production) or change the package assignment to a package with the same transport target as your projects and transport them together.

### Examples

See the sample code on GitHub (uses `IF_APACK_MANIFEST` which is exclusively available on the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment. However, the descriptor format is compatible with `ZIF_APACK_MANIFEST`.):
- [YY Data Service](https://github.com/SAP/abap-platform-yy)
- [JSON ABAP Konverter](https://github.com/SAP/abap-platform-jak) (specifies a dependency to the YY Data Service)