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package org.apache.carbondata.hadoop.internal.index;
import org.apache.carbondata.hadoop.internal.segment.Segment;
/**
* Used to load the index
*/
public interface IndexLoader {
/**
* load the index based on the index information set in the configuration
* @param segment the index from which segment to load
* @return the loaded index
*/
Index load(Segment segment);
}