Initialize the TLS/SSL platform to prepare it for
        making AMQP requests. This only needs to happen once.

def initialize(cls):
        """Initialize the TLS/SSL platform to prepare it for
        making AMQP requests. This only needs to happen once.
        """
        if cls.initialized:
            _logger.debug("Platform already initialized.")
        else:
            _logger.debug("Initializing platform.")
            c_uamqp.platform_init()
            cls.initialized = True