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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 _read_json_file(self, json_file):
 """ Helper function to read JSON file as OrderedDict """


        self.log.debug("Reading '%s' JSON file..." % json_file)

        with open(json_file, 'r') as f:
            return json.load(f, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)