"""Interface for splitting text into chunks."""
    def __init__(
        self,
        chunk_size: int = 4000,
        chunk_overlap: int = 200,
        length_function: Callable[[str], int] = len,
        keep_separator: bool = False,
        add_start_index: bool = False,
    ) -> None:
        """Create a new TextSplitter.
        Args:
            chunk_size: Maximum size of chunks to return
            chunk_overlap: Overlap in characters between chunks
            length_function: Function that measures the length of given chunks
            keep_separator: Whether or not to keep the separator in the chunks
            add_start_index: If `True`, includes chunk's start index in metadata
        """
        if chunk_overlap > chunk_size:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Got a larger chunk overlap ({chunk_overlap}) than chunk size "
                f"({chunk_size}), should be smaller."
            )
        self._chunk_size = chunk_size
        self._chunk_overlap = chunk_overlap
        self._length_function = length_function
        self._keep_separator = keep_separator
        self._add_start_index = add_start_index
[docs]    @abstractmethod
    def split_text(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
        """Split text into multiple components."""
[docs]    def create_documents(
        self, texts: List[str], metadatas: Optional[List[dict]] = None
    ) -> List[Document]:
        """Create documents from a list of texts."""
        _metadatas = metadatas or [{}] * len(texts)
        documents = []
        for i, text in enumerate(texts):
            index = -1
            for chunk in self.split_text(text):
                metadata = copy.deepcopy(_metadatas[i])
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