mr/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/mr/CatalogLoader.java

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package org.apache.iceberg.mr;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;

public interface CatalogLoader {

  /**
   * Load and return a {@link Catalog} specified by the configuration.
   * @param conf a Hadoop conf
   * @return a {@link Catalog} instance
   */
  Catalog load(Configuration conf);
}