Changes in version 0.3.5                        

  - Bug fix: addressed #251.
  - Docs/params: expanded docs for combineRDBESDataObjects() and
    createRDBESDataObject(); clarified hierarchy behavior and ...
    options (strict, verbose, hierarchy).
  - Mixed hierarchies: combineRDBESDataObjects() now warns/errors when
    objects use different hierarchies (strict=TRUE for error).
  - ID tables: createTableOfRDBESIds() merging more robust by hierarchy;
    clearer BV handling and console output.

                        Changes in version 0.3.4                        

  - Defaults: createRDBESDataObject() now runs validation by default
  - Estimation object: added incDesignVariables to
    createRDBESEstObject() to optionally drop design variables; convert
    character columns to factors to reduce size.
  - SA sub-sampling: replaced recursive logic with a self-join + lookup
    (prepareSubSampleLevelLookup), with warnings for missing or
    non‑unique matches.
  - Memory: added frequent gc() calls across estimation/join steps for
    large data.
  - Joins: improved field selection for hierarchy 7 in
    procRDBESEstObjUppHier(); clarified logic for selecting VDid fields.
  - Docs/CI: added pkgdown GitHub Actions workflow; improved function
    docs (params/returns); updated .Rbuildignore and package URLs.
  - Vignettes: updated estimation workflow and sub-sampling sections;
    added memory tips, minimal examples, and brief benchmarking notes.
  - Performance: filterRDBESDataObject() now uses data.table for faster
    filtering.

                        Changes in version 0.3.3                        

  - Update to work with with the 2025 RDBES data call format

                        Changes in version 0.3.2                        

  - Can import zip files of the updated download format where each
    hierarchy is in a separate directory
  - added optional install method to readme

                        Changes in version 0.3.1                        

  - update to the latest RDBES data format (version 1.19.20)

                        Changes in version 0.3.0                        

This version introduces a bunch of changes to the package. The updated
behaviour is best explained in the vignettes. The main changes are:

  - The package has been updated to use the newest RDBES data format
    (version 1.19.18)
  - S3 methods print, summary and sort have been added for the
    RDBESDataObject class
  - All vignettes are updated to reflect the changes in the package
  - A lot of example data is added to the package from packages survey
    and SDAResources
  - Example data for RDBES hierarchies 1, 5 and 8 is added to the
    package data
  - function createRDBESDataObject is now the only data import function
    in the package
  - createRDBESDataObject accepts .zip files, al list of data frames and
    folder of. csv files as input
  - a strict parameter is added to validateRDBESDataObject to control
    the strictness of the validation
  - A new set of tests have been added to the package

Also some minor fixes to functions have been added.

                        Changes in version 0.2.0                        

  - generateZerosUsingSL: fixed behaviour and added tests for function

                        Changes in version 0.1.0                        

  - RDBESRawObjects (and associated functions) have been renamed to
    RDBESDataObjects. Code from previous versions of the package will
    need to be updated.