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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 apply(self, configuration, schema, args):
 """ Apply the plugin to the configuration. Inheriting plugins should implement this method to add additional functionality. Parameters configuration : dict configuration schema : dict JSON schema args : argparse.NameSpace parsed command line arguments Returns ------- configuration : dict updated configuration after applying the plugin """

        # Set values from the command line
        for name, path in self.arguments.items():
            value = getattr(args, name.replace('-', '_'))
            if value is not None:
                util.set_value(configuration, path, value)

        return configuration