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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 close_connection (self):
 """Release the open connection from the connection pool."""

        if self.url_connection is not None:
            try:
                self.url_connection.quit()
            except Exception:
                pass
            self.url_connection = None