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BREAKING CHANGE: Table extraction now uses Strategy Design Pattern This epic commit introduces a game-changing approach to table extraction in Crawl4AI: ✨ NEW FEATURES: - LLMTableExtraction: AI-powered extraction for complex HTML tables with rowspan/colspan - Smart Chunking: Automatically splits massive tables into optimal chunks at row boundaries - Parallel Processing: Processes multiple chunks simultaneously for blazing-fast extraction - Intelligent Merging: Seamlessly combines chunk results into complete tables - Header Preservation: Each chunk maintains context with original headers - Auto-retry Logic: Built-in resilience with configurable retry attempts 🏗️ ARCHITECTURE: - Strategy Design Pattern for pluggable table extraction strategies - ThreadPoolExecutor for concurrent chunk processing - Token-based chunking with configurable thresholds - Handles tables without headers gracefully ⚡ PERFORMANCE: - Process 1000+ row tables without timeout - Parallel processing with up to 5 concurrent chunks - Smart token estimation prevents LLM context overflow - Optimized for providers like Groq for massive tables 🔧 CONFIGURATION: - enable_chunking: Auto-handle large tables (default: True) - chunk_token_threshold: When to split (default: 3000 tokens) - min_rows_per_chunk: Meaningful chunk sizes (default: 10) - max_parallel_chunks: Concurrent processing (default: 5) 📚 BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY: - Existing code continues to work unchanged - DefaultTableExtraction remains the default strategy - Progressive enhancement approach This is the future of web table extraction - handling everything from simple tables to massive, complex data grids with merged cells and nested structures. The chunking is completely transparent to users while providing unprecedented scalability.