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# Source code for langchain.document_loaders.text

    from typing import List, Optional

    from langchain.docstore.document import Document
    from langchain.document_loaders.base import BaseLoader

    class TextLoader(BaseLoader):
        """Load text files."""

        def __init__(self, file_path: str, encoding: Optional[str] = None):
            """Initialize with file path."""
            self.file_path = file_path
            self.encoding = encoding

        def load(self) -> List[Document]:
            """Load from file path."""
            with open(self.file_path, encoding=self.encoding) as f:
                text = f.read()
            metadata = {"source": self.file_path}
            return [Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata)]