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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 check_initialized(method):
 """Check that the configuration object was initialized."""

    def _decorator(self, *args, **kwargs):
        if self._arguments is None or self._options is None:
            raise RuntimeError('using an uninitialized configuration')
        return method(self, *args, **kwargs)
    return _decorator