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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 connect(self, **kwargs):
 """Connect to Google Compute Engine. """

        try:
            self.gce = get_driver(Provider.GCE)(
                self.user_id,
                self.key,
                project=self.project,
                **kwargs)
        except:
            raise ComputeEngineManagerException("Unable to connect to Google Compute Engine.")