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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 as_html(self, path=""):
 """ Return a rendering of the current state in HTML. """

        if path not in self.top_level_links:
            raise StateError("Unknown path")

        header = """
        <html>
            <head>
                <title>VPC-router state</title>
            </head>
            <body>
                <h3>VPC-router state</h3>
                <hr>
                <font face="courier">
        """

        footer = """
                </font>
            </body>
        </html>
        """

        rep = self.get_state_repr(path)

        def make_links(rep):
            # Recursively create clickable links for _href elements
            for e, v in rep.items():
                if e == "_href":
                    v = '<a href=%s>%s</a>' % (v, v)
                    rep[e] = v
                else:
                    if type(v) == dict:
                        make_links(v)

        make_links(rep)

        rep_str_lines = json.dumps(rep, indent=4).split("\n")
        buf = []
        for l in rep_str_lines:
            # Replace leading spaces with '&nbsp;'
            num_spaces = len(l) - len(l.lstrip())
            l = "&nbsp;" * num_spaces + l[num_spaces:]
            buf.append(l)

        return "%s%s%s" % (header, "<br>\n".join(buf), footer)