camel-ai/camel

[Feature Request] Unify `loaders` interfaces

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#1,589 opened on Feb 11, 2025

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Motivation

The interfaces of loaders https://docs.camel-ai.org/key_modules/loaders.html is totally different. We should introduce a BaseLoader to unify the interfaces.

Rename xxx_reader to xxx_loader for better readability.

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Review the current loader implementations in the repository, identify common patterns and differences, then design a BaseLoader abstract class with unified methods. Ensure backward compatibility and propose renaming xxx reader to xxx loader.
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python
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backend
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