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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def connect(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Proxy to DynamoDBConnection.connect. """

        self.connection = DynamoDBConnection.connect(*args, **kwargs)
        self._session = kwargs.get("session")
        if self._session is None:
            self._session = botocore.session.get_session()