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In order to handle the above-mentioned problem, a new concept called 'Reader' is introduced. `Reader` is a series of inherited classes which can be held by our `Variable` and they are used to read or process file data.
### `ReaderBase`
### ReaderBase
`ReaderBase` is the abstract base class for all readers. It defines the interface for all readers.
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### OpenFilesOp
The `OpenFilesOp` is the creation op of `MultipleReader`. It takes no input but requires a list of file names as one of its attributes. The newly created `MultipleReader` then creates corresponding prefetching readers according to file formats.
The `OpenFilesOp` is the creation op of `MultipleReader`. It takes no input but requires a list of file names as one of its attributes. The newly created `MultipleReader` then creates its own prefetching readers according to given file names.
To make sure that created prefetching readers match file formats, we need a name prefix rule to append file format tags to file names, as well as a file reader registry mechanism to map file format tags to their corresponding file readers' constructors.
