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+module Gitlab
+  module Template
+    module Finders
+      class BaseTemplateFinder
+        def initialize(base_dir)
+          @base_dir = base_dir
+        end
+
+        def list_files_for
+          raise NotImplementedError
+        end
+
+        def read
+          raise NotImplementedError
+        end
+
+        def find
+          raise NotImplementedError
+        end
+
+        def category_directory(category)
+          return @base_dir unless category.present?
+
+          @base_dir + @categories[category]
+        end
+
+        class << self
+          def filter_regex(extension)
+            /#{Regexp.escape(extension)}\z/
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end