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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 parse(self, x):
 """ Parse an individual value from the input. :param str x: the value to parse. :return: the parsed value. """

        # Since the result of json.dumps(tuple) differs from a tuple string, we must handle either case.
        # A tuple string may come from a config file or from cli execution.

        # t = ((1, 2), (3, 4))
        # t_str = '((1,2),(3,4))'
        # t_json_str = json.dumps(t)
        # t_json_str == '[[1, 2], [3, 4]]'
        # json.loads(t_json_str) == t
        # json.loads(t_str) == ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

        # Therefore, if json.loads(x) returns a ValueError, try ast.literal_eval(x).
        # ast.literal_eval(t_str) == t
        try:
            # loop required to parse tuple of tuples
            return tuple(tuple(x) for x in json.loads(x, object_pairs_hook=_FrozenOrderedDict))
        except (ValueError, TypeError):
            return tuple(literal_eval(x))