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package org.apache.carbondata.core.cache.dictionary;

import java.io.IOException;

public interface DictionaryCacheLoader {

  /**
   * This method will load the dictionary data for a given columnIdentifier
   *
   * @param dictionaryInfo             dictionary info object which will hold the required data
   *                                   for a given column
   * @param dictionaryChunkStartOffset start offset from where dictionary file has to
   *                                   be read
   * @param dictionaryChunkEndOffset   end offset till where dictionary file has to
   *                                   be read
   * @param loadSortIndex              flag to indicate whether the sort index file has to be
   *                                   read in memory after dictionary loading
   * @throws IOException
   */
  void load(DictionaryInfo dictionaryInfo, long dictionaryChunkStartOffset,
      long dictionaryChunkEndOffset, boolean loadSortIndex)
      throws IOException;
}