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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):
 """Initialize the database connection."""

        self._client = self._create_client()
        self._db = getattr(self._client, self._db_name)
        self._generic_dao = GenericDAO(self._client, self._db_name)