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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 count(cls, filter=None, **kwargs):
 """Return a count of documents matching the filter"""

        from mongoframes.queries import Condition, Group, to_refs

        if isinstance(filter, (Condition, Group)):
            filter = filter.to_dict()

        return cls.get_collection().count(to_refs(filter), **kwargs)