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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 _maybe_handle(self, prefix, handler, path, params, data=None):
 """Apply the handler if the prefix matches."""

    if path.startswith(prefix):
      relpath = path[len(prefix):]
      if data:
        handler(relpath, params, data)
      else:
        handler(relpath, params)
      return True
    else:
      return False