Provide base class for dataset loaders #59
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Summary
This PR abstracts the essential components of the dataset loader into a base class to allow for future implementations of eager datasets (e.g., all parts of the dataset are already in memory) and for other lazy local dataset loaders.
Changes
RemoteDatasetLoader
Next steps
The following shows an implementation of an eager dataset, which might be more useful for local datasets.