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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 to_json(self, sort_keys=False):
 """Produce a JSON-encoded SBP message. """

    d = self.to_json_dict()
    return json.dumps(d, sort_keys=sort_keys)