private Index loadIndex(String path) {
try {
String indexFile = Tribble.indexFile(path);
Index index = null;
if (ParsingUtils.resourceExists(indexFile)) {
index = IndexFactory.loadIndex(indexFile);
} else {
// See if the index itself is gzipped
indexFile = ParsingUtils.appendToPath(indexFile, ".gz");
if (ParsingUtils.resourceExists(indexFile)) {
index = IndexFactory.loadIndex(indexFile);
}
}
return index;
} catch (IOException e) {
log.error("Error loading index file", e);
return null;
}
}