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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 load_configuration(self) -> None: """ Read the configuration from a configuration file """

        config_file = self.default_config_file
        if self.config_file:
            config_file = self.config_file
        self.config = ConfigParser()
        self.config.read(config_file)