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    Pythonlangchain-coredocument_loadersbaseBaseLoader
    Classā—Since v0.1

    BaseLoader

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    BaseLoader()

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    method
    load

    Load data into Document objects.

    method
    aload

    Load data into Document objects.

    method
    load_and_split

    Load Document and split into chunks. Chunks are returned as Document.

    Danger

    Do not override this method. It should be considered to be deprecated!

    method
    lazy_load

    A lazy loader for Document.

    method
    alazy_load

    A lazy loader for Document.

    Interface for document loader.

    Implementations should implement the lazy-loading method using generators to avoid loading all documents into memory at once.

    load is provided just for user convenience and should not be overridden.